trackskippy
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If the threads sheared off, wouldnt that kind of indicate that either the barrel or frame threads and/or metallurgy were out of spec and not right?
SP 101 Barrel blown off gun
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Blkhrt13
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Absolutely or they were oversized to begin with.
aaaaa
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Can't say enough about safety glasses. Since I had cataract surgery I only wear glasses when driving or out hiking but not in the yard or garage, so I have a pair of safety glasses I try to put on most times I go out to work on something. For the range I put extra safety glasses over my regular glasses since they do not have the polycarb lenses, but just high index plastic, which is not considered suitable for safety glasses (had I only known when I ordered them) unless thicker. Kid across the street lost an eye at 14 from a bungee cord while trying to secure a package with it.
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Would seen to not be an overload, like this one. https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?media/albums/kaboom.24/
That would get my attention. Glad the eyes/you escaped injury.
Ouch.
Would seen to not be an overload, like this one. https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?media/albums/kaboom.24/
That would get my attention. Glad the eyes/you escaped injury. Ouch.
aaaaa
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Let me add that a guy at work had a grinding wheel come apart and pieces went through his face shield and abraded his cheek. I don't know if he had safety glasses under the shield, but it would be a good idea. His eyes thankfully were not impacted.
Archie
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You've had this pistol for over twenty years, never fired it?
I am very happy you were not injured seriously. Ruger should - and has a good record about - fixing it.
Now, what's the story of never having fired it in all that time?
Smaug
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As for my Redhawk, the barrel broke off right where the barrel left the frame. The threaded part was still in the frame.
The Redhawk issue had to do with a lubricant that was being used on the barrel threads during assembly. By all accounts, this issue was corrected once discovered and has not been a problem since. SP101s were not in production during that timeframe, so this is unlikely to be a related issue.
This issue with the SP101 sounds like a freak occurrence. A defective barrel made it through the quality checks and was found by the owner...
This article briefly mentions the Redhawk issue.
http://www.sixguns.com/range/454_super_redhawk.htm
This issue with the SP101 sounds like a freak occurrence. A defective barrel made it through the quality checks and was found by the owner...
This article briefly mentions the Redhawk issue.
http://www.sixguns.com/range/454_super_redhawk.htm
That's was the same failure I experienced with my Speed Six barrel.
1982 production.
Ruger replaced it a no cost (-transfer fee) with a gun of my choice (Super Blackhawk Hunter) Ruger will take care of the OP.
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Ruger has been telling us for years that "cast" is just as good as forged. Posts and stories like these make me wonder. And yes, I know forged guns have failed too. My pistol smith friends tell me that in the case of S&Ws it usually from over torquing the barrel.
YMMV,
Dave
YMMV,
Dave
Pictures would be neat. I just don't understand how a well made barrel will break off or shearing threads. And yours had less than 50 rounds, bounced off the target, and hit you in the head! Talk about improbable, what's the odds of all that happening?
If the metallurgy of the barrel was off, bad things can happen. One of the Range Masters at CMP Talladega had a lug crack and move back on a 2016 mfgr Rem M700 in 260 Win. When the cracked lug was sectioned, "pits" were found in the metal. I suspect those pits were bubbles, the steel was defective. The rifle had 4000 rounds through it and then one lug cracked and the case head blew. The bolt could only be removed by unscrewing the barrel. Even though the steel was defective, Remington walked away since the rifle had custom work. Due to the design of the M700 the shooter's face remained intact, and so did the rest of his body. Mike Walker designed a very safe rifle in this regard. I know the bolt was toast, and probably the receiver was suspect afterwards. But, given other action designs, other circumstances, catastrophic failures of fire arms have caused serious injuries.
And the Range Master said he was not buying another Remington rifle. And I don't blame him. What the incident shows is the outsourcing of Quality Control and Inspection at source and poor sub contractor over sight. The steel supplier had to know the materials were substandard if not defective, and shipped it anyway, because Remington Huntsville did not have incoming material inspection. Trusting suppliers too much lead to problems. Such as the Kobe Steel scandal. Kobe Steel scandal: how did it happen?
Kobe had been shipping substandard materials to customers since the 1970's, if not earlier.
Getting blown up sort of bursts your bubble of invincibility and immortality, doesn't it? I preach safety all the time, and given that 50% of the country did not take the COVID vaccine, you can guess what sort of reception I receive. There are a lot of people out there who truly believe they are invincible because nothing bad has happened to them, and they also believe that they are also immortal because they have not died. If they are unlucky, they will find their belief in the former is was wrong and given enough time, they will find out their faith in the latter was also misplaced.
351 WINCHESTER
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That is exactly why my sp 101 did. The cylinder still turns free and zero endshake. I would have thought the cylinder would have blown before the barrel sheared off. Thanks for sharing.
It was too heavy for cc so I carried a 442 or a 640 for decades. No hammer to snag on things.
351 WINCHESTER
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That is exactly what mine looks like right down to the bent ejector rod.
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I use Imgur.com, established a free account. Make sure that your posts/albums are "private" before uploading. I received all sorts of nasty comments as I uploaded knife pictures to the world. A large part of the world does not like sharp, pointy things! Thankfully, I had not loaded any gun pictures.
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Thanks for the tip. I will pass it on to our son.
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Did you check to see if the barrel was clear? Maybe something in there made the first shot damage it, then consecutive shots broke it further.
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Yes, the barrel was clear. The first 4 rounds were well centered.
You don't need a 3rd party account for pics.
You can load pics directly from your computer into a post.
Here's how:
Click the Upload a File button at the bottom of the post window.
That should open your computer File Explorer...
Select/click a pic to upload, click "open" at the bottom of the file explorer window.
You will be returned to the post window and there will be tool bar to select either a thumbnail or full image.
Once chosen the pic will appear in the post window.
Sometimes a pic file will be too big to attach, you will need to resize it smaller via the resize feature in the "edit"(paint) software on every 'puter.
To reduce a pics size:
Go to where your pic is stored on your 'puter, put the cursor over the icon and right click.
A menu window will drop down, pick edit.
That will open your pic in Paint, look for the resize button in the top toolbar and click it.
The window that drops down should be defaulted to Percentage and Maintain aspect ratio, if not click/check those.
With the cursor over the Horizontal: box, click and change the 100 to 50(%).
When you hit enter the Vertical: box will change to 50% too, and the image will be reduced by 50%.
Hit save if you are happy with the results or hit the back arrow next to the save icon to return to 100% where you can Resize it again.
Sounds/reads complicated but is simple and intuitive once you have done it.
You will be building a "Your Attachments" file that is easy to use to re-post pics.
You won't be loading pics to a 3rd party to be linked to you.
whew,
jmo,
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Archie
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Oh. I always shoot to check function first for 'using' firearms.
As a child, I was near sighted I have worn corrective glasses most of my life. I ran through a period of wearing contact lenses that corrected my vision and then more recently I had cataract surgery that fixed my distant vision. (Note, I elected against the variable distant vision implants).
Since my cataract surgery, I've obtained some full lense reader safety glasses that I use when working in the shop. I've also purchased some safety glasses with bifocal lenses for working around our hobby horse farm.
Except for the instances where my readers are not near my phone to see text messages, I'm pleased with my current vision arrangement.
My spouse might disagree at times though.
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351 WINCHESTER
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I would never carry a gun unless I verified function and poi.
schneiderguy
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SP101/GP100 barrels aren't made from castings (nor are any Ruger barrels that I'm aware of) so unless the frame itself failed the cast vs. forged argument doesn't apply here.
doubleh
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I have never heard of a modern hand held firearm using a cast barrel. Of course I haven't heard of everything but seriously doubt Ruger would do so. Cast frames, yes, barrels, no.
Anyway I am glad that you weren't injured and also finally learned to wear safety glasses.
Anyway I am glad that you weren't injured and also finally learned to wear safety glasses.
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