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  This 20 gauge blew the other day at my gun club. Lucky no one was hurt. I'm kinda glad I didn't witness it.
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Cause was ?Looks like obstruction to let the breech blow up like that.
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Were the chambers reamed out or the forcing cones lengthened? The barrel that split has almost a half inch of shiny metal whereas the rest of the barrel is blackened in appearance.
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Sure looks like obstruction. Do you have any more details? What make of gun is it?
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It was a Miroku 20 ga. O/U'r the guy was shooting a round of skeet with handloads.....the guy said he noticed nothing out of the ordinary until she blew the bottom barrel.
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It was a Miroku 20 ga. O/U'r the guy was shooting a round of skeet with handloads.....the guy said he noticed nothing out of the ordinary until she blew the bottom barrel. A good reminder of why I won't allow any "test firing" by the potential buyer of any gun I sell privately. I am glad the shooter walked away from this without serious injury.
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Speculation of course:
I double charge or a live primer mixed in with the powder? Any remnants of the case to examine? Were any of the remaining shells disassembled and examined?
Jim
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You ought to have the thing mounted in a shadowbox with a reminder for shooters to check their bores before shooting. No need to vitiate the message by telling the viewer the shooter walked away unhurt.
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I doubleloaded a shell a few years ago, fortunately it was 7625
but it was quite a jolt and it froze the action. It was 48 gr. 7625 in an old double. No harm to the gun,just my shoulder.
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Please post a link to a research laboratory that has test fired double loads of powder in published loads, or has test fired properly loaded shells with primers in the powder charge. I have never seen evidence of such tests, but I could accomplish them for about ten bucks plus the price of a junk gun. Explain this, please.
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