Catastrophic Ammo Failure or a hoax?

[Dolomite`s Breezy]

I got this in an email this morning.. not sure if anyone else got it or if it has been posted before.. sorry if it has..

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A guy came into the police department the other day to ask a favor. He had a S&W 629 (.44 Mag) that he wanted to dispose of after a mishap at the range.

He said there was a loud bang when he tested his new ammo (Chinese made), and the gun smacked him in the forehead, leaving a nice gash.

When the tweety birds cleared from around his head, the pictures show what he saw.

Bet he never uses Chinese made ammo again!

Looks like when the round in the chamber went off, It also set off at least two other rounds in adjacent cylinders.

I would have hated to been the one that pulled the trigger on that one!

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I looked on Snopes.. could not find anything on it.. true? not sure but it looks bad and if it is true.. maybe its worth passing on.. I do not know anything about ammo or Chinese ammo even Revolvers( just what husband explained ) I just thought you gun guys can talk about it and maybe come to a common conclusion

[Caster]

What was the propellant used? Composition B????? Yikes!

[Patton]

Hoax because revolvers never malfunction! If you have any more questions I'll be out back putting 10k more rounds of Norinco ball through my Glock 17.

Seriously, I saw that picture a while ago. I believe that is actually a 686 or whatever a 357 mag like that would be. Doesn't it look small to be a 44mag shell? The only thing that makes me wonder is how clean it all is.

Another thing is that I am a 44mag shooter and I can't recall ever seeing chinese made 44mag shells.

Edited January 6, 2012 by Patton

[Garufa]

Hate to break the news but this is as old as the internet (or at least since S&W started using internal locks )

For one thing there is no Chinese 44 magnum ammo. If anything it was a bad handload.

Google "44 magnum chinese ammo accident" and it's all over the place.

[kieefer]

Subscribed. Obviously a HOT load.

I've had a few "minor" issues with foreign ammo and try to stick with USA made but I have had good luck with Sellier & Bellot.

[Patton]

I just thought of something. Would it really hit you in the head. If the top blew off wouldn't the frame push down? The top may have hit him in the head.

[Dolomite`s Breezy]

I got that email from a friend a few days ago.. wasnt sure if it was real or not.. kinda thought it was odd for sure.. Sorry if its old.. lol

[Guest Spurhunter]

While the pic is scary, I doubted the accuracy of the story, even before I read the comments. I vote for VERY bad reloads.

[Murgatroy]

This is old. I think I first read this like five years ago.

[Guest bkelm18]

For one thing there is no Chinese 44 magnum ammo. If anything it was a bad handload.

They don't have Dirty Harry in China? Those poor depraved souls.

[Mike.357]

I thought there was no such thing as Chinese ammo.

[Dolomite_supafly]

It obviously ignited the cylinders next to it as well making it even more explosive. My guess it a way too hot of a load. Even an obstruction wouldn't have resulted in the same amount of destruction. It was a lot of powder or the wrong type of powder, I suspect both because that turned into a hand grenade.

Dolomite

[JeffsSig]

Wonder why there is only 3 rounds loaded?

PLus Im no expert but how can the other rounds ignite no matter how over loaded the middle round was loaded?

No matter how old the images are Id have to call hoax.

[Dolomite_supafly]

As the middle cylinder expands and cracks into the adjacent cylinders the flame front will ignite the surrounding cylinders.

Dolomite

[NRA]

Hate to break the news but this is as old as the internet (or at least since S&W started using internal locks )

For one thing there is no Chinese 44 magnum ammo. If anything it was a bad handload.

Google "44 magnum chinese ammo accident" and it's all over the place.

yup just as old as the hills, I do believe he did a very bad job with his reloads.

[Dolomite_supafly]

yup just as old as the hills, I do believe he did a very bad job with his reloads.

And yet a very good job at getting some stainless steel for the scrap yard.

Dolomite