Scary barrel blow up video..question for hunters and combat personnel...

saskboy said:

+1 on the finger condoms, trojans are just a little on the big side for my rifle

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I wouldn't say that anywhere others can hear ya

some things are best kept to yourself

That is just a misuse of a rifle sling. True riflemen know that the sling is a shooting aid, not a carrying aid. Laziness is the only explanation for carrying a rifle slung in the field. The only time I sling my rifle is before or after legal shooting light, or when I am dragging something out. In that case, the rifle is carried Condition 3, that is, magazine loaded, chamber empty, safety on. And if I had been beating brush with the rifle slung, I would remove the bolt and check for daylight through the bore before bringing it into action again. That is the primary reason I don't carry it slung--it is too slow to safely bring into action, esp in such a case as when you have been beating the brush.

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So you aren't lazy becaues you only use it during certain events, right? I guess I am lazy because I use my sling at different times than you. Next time you have a joke to tell like the one above use one of these,.

electrical tape, problem solved.

trojans are just a little on the big side for my rifle

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Man I wish this wasn't THR.

Balloon on muzzle. Shoot right through it.

Less likely to provoke questions from your wife.

I don't know about on a regular rifle, but all the muzzleloader hunters I know put condoms over the end of their barrel when it's raining to keep their powder dry.

Infantrymen found this out during WWII. This was one of the reasons the Army came out with a plastic muzzle cap for the M1. Anything lightly applied to the muzzle (tape, plastic bag, muzzle cap) will do no damage if you shoot with it in place. We were given plastic muzzle caps for M16s in Vietnam and I always carried a couple that way if I had to shoot without removing it I wouldn't have to chase it and just put on a spare. they still isssue these as far as I know.

why condoms lol... use a balloon imo - its a little "tighter" fit as the smaller hole for sporter weight barrels... condoms might fit better for the heavy barrels...

with balloons it won't be so awkward when your wife finds them. You can also buy them w/o the cashier looking at you funny...

With bolt actions like in the video - you saw the guy chamber the round - just open the bolt, pull the balloon off, and close the bolt. Is this safe even if you got your 4 rounds in the mag? I'd say it is as your bolt is open and there isn't a round in the chamber but of course there going to tell you it isn't.

I just control the muzzle in the field and personally I don't like a sling. I find it just gets in the way when I want to shoot. I generally shoot from a stand sitting in some chair so I put my shoulder against a wall and rest the front of the stock on the ledge of the window. I find this is a pretty stable shooting position. I never worried about the barrel getting something solid in it to plug it as I am always carrying it. I do carry an appropriate sized bore snake though in case something does happen such as if I fall and the barrel gets stabbed into the snow or mud.

why condoms

When infantrymen started doing this in WWII there were a lot more condoms around than balloons (I agree ballons would work as well). The brass saw all these guys with condoms on their rifles and quickily had the plastic muzzle cap designed (might make people wonder what all these guys intended to do with condoms on their rifles). I also used to use the cellophane from a pack of cigarettes with a rubber band on the M14.

My experience has ended with me using electrical tape because masking tape doesn't seem to hold up in freezing temperatures and wet weather. Electrical tape does.
I'd prefer a finger condom... whatever that is, but one square inch of electrical tape seems to cost less.

I've used electrical tape, water balloons, condoms, and fingers of latex gloves.

Electrical tape is a bit thick, but i haven't noticed worse accuracy....
Water balloons are about 100 for 99cents....
i'd go with un-lubed condoms, to keep the KY or whatever away from my steel....
and with a latex glove it looks a little goofy but if you're hunting you can take five shots through one, and if you have em around anyways for dressing out the game, there ya go.

I've got a feeling it was more than some mud in the barrel. If he was handloading and used too fast of powder, that could of caused the pressure spike.

dispatch55126 said:

I've got a feeling it was more than some mud in the barrel. If he was handloading and used too fast of powder, that could of caused the pressure spike.

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but that typically disassembles things from the rear to front. Plugged bores take things apart from the front rearward

I have watched it happen to a shotgun while grouse hunting..... not nearly the explosion of that video but still a harsh barrel splitting reality....

Not sure what happened, as I was walking near him all morning and didn't notice anything unusual...

I don't think I would hesitate to drop my rifle, scope and all, if it blew up with such veracity.... that looked like quite a boom...