How to ruin your tighty whitey

[Meeks36]

That’s one way to cure constipation!

 

[wayneinFL]

I watched it again on YouTube. The description says there was a crack in the forcing cone.

 

[Dudedog]

Ouch,
Hopefully it was a rental!

 

[JCSC]

That kid held strong. Didn’t even have any muzzle flip.

 

[230RN]

I was thinking regular following a squib was unlikely if the shooter obeyed the rules and thoroughly investigated anything unusual, and a squib load is at the least, "unusual" as all hell.

Double charge or wrong powder more likely.

(And for many of this type of video, this old suspicious coot always puts "possible fake" on the table. Maybe, maybe not, but it's there on the table.)

I don't know what they mean by "forcing cone," but I had a real forcing cone split in a Model 19, don't think that would allow the barrel to blow off, but would, rather, jam the barrel in even tighter. Discovered it because its spreading out started to interfere with cylinder rotation. Of course, a possible 100,000 psi in a revolver, any revolver, would thoroughly disperse its parts.

Terry, 230RN

 

[JTHunter]

I would like to see more of the gun afterward. looked like the barrel just came off.

I noticed that as well. The barrel broke off where it is threaded into the frame and flew off towards the camera while the cylinder fell off to the left.
Somebody mentioned a squib and I wonder if a bullet may have jammed just barely into the barrel. The pressure of the next round might have caused enough pressure to strip the threads and blow the barrel off the way it did.

 

[tark]

Proof that Bullseye is not a good powder for this gun.

 

[Dudedog]

Maybe what happens when the recipe calls for H110 and you use Titegroup instead....

 

[fastbolt]

Reminds me of the days when you could go into many gun stores and see a wall-hanger revolver on display where the top-strap and top charge holes of a cylinder were blown up and out, and/or the barrel ruptured ... often with a warning to pay close attention to reloading practices.

 

[hoardingthemanual]

I touched off my first hand loads today. Thank the Lord I didn’t watch this before the range trip. Glad to hear he’s safe.

 

[Ritchie]

I have a dim memory of something like this being traced to use of the wrong machining fluid, causing internal corrosion in the stainless steel.

 

[230RN]

I noticed that as well. The barrel broke off where it is threaded into the frame and flew off towards the camera while the cylinder fell off to the left.
Somebody mentioned a squib and I wonder if a bullet may have jammed just barely into the barrel. The pressure of the next round might have caused enough pressure to strip the threads and blow the barrel off the way it did.

Yes, several people noted possible squib loads for this exact reason.

And remember the forces of a screwed-in barrel with the flat of the barrel against the flat of the frame are pretty large in tension. The additional stress of a full powered bullet slamming into a stuck bullet in the barrel increase those tensile forces suddenly and enormously. I don't think it would strip the threads, it would merely separate the barrel itself from the threaded portion of the barrel which would be left in the frame.

I have a dim memory of something like this being traced to use of the wrong machining fluid, causing internal corrosion in the stainless steel.

I wonder if you're thinking of hydrogen embrittlement. Almost any electrolytic process on steel (like plating or electropolishing) slams hydrogen ions (protons) into the part, generating hydrogen gas which forms the bubbles.

Hydrogen has a tendency to penetrate into the steel, causing what is called hydrogen embrittlement, weakening the steel. Hydrogen embrittlement occurs with many metals.

Terry, 230RN

REF:
https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/what-is-hydrogen-embrittlement

 

[Archie]

As the French say. "bu-MER". Or in this case, "boo-MER".
This seems to me, as many other commenters as the result of a projectile being lodged in the barrel very close (or at) the forcing cone. Might be a structural fault in the barrel, too.
Typically an overload in the ammunition will blow up the chamber - cylinder - area.

All that said, I would prefer a handgun blowup to a rifle blowup. Handguns - especially revolvers - explode radially and typically up away from the frame. Evan in autoloaders, seldom does anything come rearward. Not even slides.
Rifles are cuddled up next to one's very head and face. Explosions in rifles also are radial in direction (away from where the explosion occurs) but a lot nearer one's brain housing group.

I do not knowingly shoot unknown reloads. Of much anything. There are a few individuals who seem to be reliable and thoughtful enough to trust in the matter. I have known some individuals in my past NOT on that list.

Back to the subject, I would like to examine the wreckage or read a proper report of examination.

 

[beag_nut]

Not to be too flippant, but I thought that the original term is "tidy whitey".

 

[Waveski]

Shooter gets credit for maintaining grip and stance under extreme conditions.

Sure wasn’t much muzzle flip through.

 

[Seedy Character]

That repair is beyond what an average gunsmith can fix!

A little JB Welb and it will be perfect

 

[Seedy Character]

Not to be too flippant, but I thought that the original term is "tidy whitey".

Maybe if you're skinny

 

[lilguy]

Never did care for those Dan Wesson LEGO
kits.

 

[Snowdog]

Hmm, my dream of chambering a J-frame in the mighty .500 S&W magnum is dashed.

 

[ms6852]

That is why it is important to use loctite.

 

[230RN]

...
All that said, I would prefer a handgun blowup to a rifle blowup. Handguns - especially revolvers - explode radially and typically up away from the frame. Evan in autoloaders, seldom does anything come rearward. Not even slides.
Rifles are cuddled up next to one's very head and face. Explosions in rifles also are radial in direction (away from where the explosion occurs) but a lot nearer one's brain housing group.
...

To be sure most (all?) rifles have relief ports in their receivers to vent some gases. But these are meant to handle not much more than a primer failure. There is a pretty complete record of Springfield '03 "accidents" in the back of Hatcher's Notebook which is worth scanning from time to time. Yes, bolts do come back and hurt people.

On the other hand, also noted in that book is the remarkable strength of the M1 Garand rifle. They tried blowing one up and couldn't even with the maximum "blue pill" proof loads they could load of over 125,000 PSI*. Some bolt lugs were cracked, but the rifles still functioned.

I handed over most of my loading stuff to Son2 and he remarked that the maximum loads listed for almost all cartridges in my old manuals (various publishers) were a lot more than in his more modern load manuals.

Sort of tells you something, don't it?

Terry, 230RN

* If my recollection is correct, one of their specially-loaded proof loads for this experiment wrecked the pressure test gun, so they don't really know what the ultimate pressure really was.

 

[Dotar_Sojat]

Where was the earth shattering kaboom??? There was supposed to be an earth shattering KABOOM!

Someone has stolen the Illudium Q36 Space Modulator?

 

[FROGO207]

That guy better buy a lottery ticket! Hope mine never does that.

 

[Englishmn]

Not a overload cylinder didn't rupture.
Barrel appears normal.
Frame seems square.
Seems like the barrel threads failed or the frame cracked and let the barrel flip out.
I could belive a squib and then a full power cracking the frame and pushing the barrel out.

Would love to see the pieces.

 

[TinNePa]

I touched off my first hand loads today. Thank the Lord I didn’t watch this before the range trip. Glad to hear he’s safe.

Congratulations. I had some reservations when I shot my first hand loads. Everything worked out well, and has since. Stick to known, published recipes and you'll do fine.