Another gunsmith horror story...

[C.R.Sam]

Red Green must have a gunnie audience.

I am having trouble understanding why the .45 Colt Model 25 blew with the .44 Mag in it. Don't see how it could get appreciable pressure.

Unless....the guy somehow managed to wrap the duct tape in such a manner as to greatly restrict the opening of the case where it was crimped. If it can't uncrimp....then get some pressure. Very unlikely.

Thought maby it took two shots to do it with the first being a squib in the barrel.....but the bullet should have just dribbled on out instead of sticking.

Puzzelment.

Sam

 

[BluesBear]

Shooting a .41 mag in a .44 mag would be no real problem since both are designed around approximately the same chamber pressures. Whereas the .45 Colt was designed around a chamber pressure that is, what, something like 10,00 C.U.P. LESS than the .44mag?

Now we don't how this Rocket Surgeon taped his rounds. If he taped them just enough to hold them in the chamber, then the duct tape would "give" just enough to let the brass split before the bullet had time to escape the resistance of the crimp. Consider that all factory .44 magnum loads are tightly crimped to prevent bullet creep during recoil.

Most common duct tape has a width greater than the length of a .44 mag round. With that in mind, to tape just the case portion of the round the tape would need to be trimmed. Now if said Rocket Surgeon were to, unwittingly (and the quantity/quality of his wits are definately in question here), duct tape the round PAST the crimp area he would effectively be taping the bullet to the case which would further exacerbate the already dangerous situation.



I still think there should be a mandatory class in Highschool called "Sh** You NEED To Know 101". This event should be added to the curriculum. I believe the longhand equation would be something like; Duct Tape + Ammo = Moron.