Ruger LCR KaBoom

[mikegideon]

Better stay away from those Smiths as well.

Now, THIS looks like a squib.

[Guest Straight Shooter]

Ive got pics of blown guns of every description, rifles, handguns, shotguns. Most of the time, reloads are the cause. Only rarely is the gun itself at fault, but it does happen. Yall shoot what you want, but Ive shot thousands of +p .45's in my glock, and will continue to do so. Also, most +p ammo, not all, but most, is only loaded to about 10% higher power, not really enough to cause a problem,except in guns specifically not rated for it. The LCR is. I think maybe this specific LCR had issues, maybe out of time, or had a squib load or something. But +p ammo aint to blame.

[mikegideon]

Ive got pics of blown guns of every description, rifles, handguns, shotguns. Most of the time, reloads are the cause. Only rarely is the gun itself at fault, but it does happen. Yall shoot what you want, but Ive shot thousands of +p .45's in my glock, and will continue to do so. Also, most +p ammo, not all, but most, is only loaded to about 10% higher power, not really enough to cause a problem,except in guns specifically not rated for it. The LCR is. I think maybe this specific LCR had issues, maybe out of time, or had a squib load or something. But +p ammo aint to blame.

When I took my carry course, I was the only one there. We had plenty of time to chew the fat. My instructor had a S&W pistol that had several squibs stacked in the barrel because of one of his friends' reloading prowess. If there had been a factory round in the cylinder, it would have blown up.

[Guest Boogieman]

There is a bad apple in every bunch. Let Ruger take a look at the gun to see if it was truly a design flaw. If it was they'll fix it, if not then theres the bad apple.

[peejman]

The picture below makes me thing the barrel is a steel sleeve inside a cast (aluminum?) outer sheath. Squib load leaves a bullet in the barrel. The next round strikes it and bulges the inner sleeve which fractures the cast outer sheath. Looks like a very smart design to me, the inner sleeve contains the failure by deforming instead of just exploding. I'd bet the cast outer section has little, if any structural strength.

[Capbyrd]

The picture below makes me thing the barrel is a steel sleeve inside a cast (aluminum?) outer sheath. Squib load leaves a bullet in the barrel. The next round strikes it and bulges the inner sleeve which fractures the cast outer sheath. Looks like a very smart design to me, the inner sleeve contains the failure by deforming instead of just exploding. I'd bet the cast outer section has little, if any structural strength.

You just posted a picture of a Smith & Wesson revolver. Definitely not a Ruger LCR.

[Magiccarpetrides]

The Barrel on the LCR's is a steel sleeve....I have an LCR and while its stout to shoot with +P im not worried about it blowing up. The frame itself is aluminum...only the back fire control housing is plastic.