AR Kaboom in Class Today

Bowhntr6pt

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One of the student's rifles kaboomed... Freedom Munitions strikes again... rifle suffered a cracked/bent upper, broken to [beeep] BCG, and mag blew out the bottom.

No real injuries to report.

Rear of case blew out leaving the rest of the case in the chamber.



 
Originally Posted By: glazer1972That’s why I don’t hold em by the magwell. Glad no one was hurt.

Yeah that's a good idea. I almost never hold them by the magazine but one of the times I did I blew up my gun. I was laying prone on a frozen pond. I was lucky it was winter, on my off hand I was wearing mechanix gloves underneath a big pair of mittens made from shearling wool, lots of padding. The magazine with 28 rounds in it was totally ruined and my hand felt like I bare hand slapped a brick wall.
 
I've heard so many stories about squib loads in Freedom Munitions causing kabooms - I gotta wonder why people still use the stuff. They did file for bankruptcy last year, so I hope there's not much of it left floating around anymore.
 
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