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Receiver cover attachment had nothing to do with that.
Obvious case rupture. Perhaps due to case separation, bolt failure, or firing out of battery. He’s damned lucky. That kind of thing has GOT to be a very rare event indeed.
Would have been sorta nice to see the actual gun after the kaboom instead of the camera guy’s sneakers.
I had thought it would have been a bullet stuck in the barrel after he had the squib round that he had to manually eject, but he fired several more shots after that.
January 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Receiver cover not attached securely?
January 28th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Not sure about that. The puff of smoke is kind of weird.
January 28th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Whoa Nellievski!! Case-head separation?
January 28th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Receiver cover attachment had nothing to do with that.
Obvious case rupture. Perhaps due to case separation, bolt failure, or firing out of battery. He’s damned lucky. That kind of thing has GOT to be a very rare event indeed.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Would have been sorta nice to see the actual gun after the kaboom instead of the camera guy’s sneakers.
I had thought it would have been a bullet stuck in the barrel after he had the squib round that he had to manually eject, but he fired several more shots after that.
I’m guessing seriously crap ammo.
January 29th, 2008 at 12:16 am
It sounds like someone in the background said, “that’s the second person I’ve seen that happen to.”
January 29th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Yeah, I hear the same thing.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:38 am
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