Custom gun, target, shooters in general you NEED to see this
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And, LOL ANOTHER annoying story from the old days
Decades ago, when I was really stupid, I ended up with a cheap over/under .38 special derringer. No idea if it even HAS a brand. "I reasoned" LOL that the barrels were so short that it didn't care how much powder was in there, because it would just eject unburned powder out the front anyhow
So I screwed around until it would chamber a .357. But I'm not quite THAT stupid............
Took the grips off, clamped the thing between a couple of 1x4's and fastened it to an old stump, string, of course, tied to the trigger. Tried it out with a .38. Fine. Put a .357 in there, went around the corner and yanked the string.
Odd, the hammer is still cocked?? IT BLEW THE FIRING PIN out the back and cocked the hammer on the way past!!
Decades ago, when I was really stupid, I ended up with a cheap over/under .38 special derringer. No idea if it even HAS a brand. "I reasoned" LOL that the barrels were so short that it didn't care how much powder was in there, because it would just eject unburned powder out the front anyhow
So I screwed around until it would chamber a .357. But I'm not quite THAT stupid............
Took the grips off, clamped the thing between a couple of 1x4's and fastened it to an old stump, string, of course, tied to the trigger. Tried it out with a .38. Fine. Put a .357 in there, went around the corner and yanked the string.
Odd, the hammer is still cocked?? IT BLEW THE FIRING PIN out the back and cocked the hammer on the way past!!
Wholly crap!!!
My buddy had a 50 caliber built for him years ago and I was there while he was loading some shells. He asked if I wanted one and I said load me a dummy (no powder). I think I still have it laying around here somewhere. That guy was very lucky.
My buddy had a 50 caliber built for him years ago and I was there while he was loading some shells. He asked if I wanted one and I said load me a dummy (no powder). I think I still have it laying around here somewhere. That guy was very lucky.
67dartgtgo
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Holyyyy cowww man...he's one blessed lucky sum gun.
Phreakish
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"budget" .50 Cal rifles are a recipe for disaster.
Lots of the ammo out there is junk, over or under pressure or damaged by time/weather so as to be unsafe. Hell, some years back there was a batch which the Mfg had to take back from some foreign military due to corrosion while in storage. Their solution was to tumble the ammo in walnut shells and then re-crate it. The tumbling also happened to break down the powder pellets to a fine powder which over-pressurized guns. Big guns like M2/M3 were largely unaffected, but bolt guns can explode.
Just one reason I won't buy a 50. There's some big bore rifles out there which can match its performance without all the drama.
Lots of the ammo out there is junk, over or under pressure or damaged by time/weather so as to be unsafe. Hell, some years back there was a batch which the Mfg had to take back from some foreign military due to corrosion while in storage. Their solution was to tumble the ammo in walnut shells and then re-crate it. The tumbling also happened to break down the powder pellets to a fine powder which over-pressurized guns. Big guns like M2/M3 were largely unaffected, but bolt guns can explode.
Just one reason I won't buy a 50. There's some big bore rifles out there which can match its performance without all the drama.
pishta
I know I'm right....
That looks like a .50 in a "zip gun" my Dad used to talk about: a .22 in a 1/4" pipe with a plug screwed on the back and a striker on the back. One and done......A screw on breech? GTFO
RustyRatRod
Caput villa stultus
That could have been as worse as it could be.
Wow! The Good Lord was watching over him that day!
Geez, today is range day....................egads!
He was truly blessed with divine intervention that day.
He was truly blessed with divine intervention that day.
I'm think when you "went for the jugular" there just ain't much left
Wow. That’s nuts.
Yikes
Cope
Fusing with fire
I thought the same thing. I thought "oh ****, it unholstered his sidearm!!"
That is scary. Im glad he made it but he better go fix the church roof beacuse his karma bank account must be empty now after surviving that.
DAM.
Cope
Fusing with fire
Edit- double post.
Cope
Fusing with fire
Its not common but it is a commercially available rifle. It was billed as a "budget friendly" way to get into 50BMG.
I'd wager the inventor/designer is shitting bricks and thinking about some serious testing on a sample of rifles out of the field that he can get his hands on or at least I think he should be.
Id also wager the sales of that rifle take a hit. Its such a specialized rifle in a small community of shooters. I can tell you I would not consider buying one after seeing that, would you?
Edit- while I know he attributes the failure to a bad round and I dont doubt his/their conclusion BUT I dont care. We're not talking about a pinched hand or finger here. That man should be dead. So yeah from here on out that rifle will be linked (in my mind) to failure and I will never fire one.
I'd wager the inventor/designer is shitting bricks and thinking about some serious testing on a sample of rifles out of the field that he can get his hands on or at least I think he should be.
Id also wager the sales of that rifle take a hit. Its such a specialized rifle in a small community of shooters. I can tell you I would not consider buying one after seeing that, would you?
Edit- while I know he attributes the failure to a bad round and I dont doubt his/their conclusion BUT I dont care. We're not talking about a pinched hand or finger here. That man should be dead. So yeah from here on out that rifle will be linked (in my mind) to failure and I will never fire one.
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diymirage
HP@idle > hondaHP@redline
and only 1/3 of the price of a Barret model 99
still looks like something made in shop class to me
Phreakish
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I guarantee he doesn't care. Serbu is rather small, if they were to be successfully sued (highly unlikely) the company would fold and then reopen under a new name. Happens more often than people think. It's more complicated than I make it sound, but in effect that's what happens.
I've met too many "budget minded" shooter's to think this video would deter any of them. The next step up in quality costs 3x+ more. No way a budget shooter will take good sense into consideration. These will still sell. Or worse, serbu will make a minor change and proclaim the issue "fixed" and offer to "fix" old guns for $500 a pop, if they even offer.
That thing is using an externally threaded breach with 60 degree threads and only four threads engaged. No way in hell is that a sound design. The lugs that almost killed the shooter are another oversight. They exist to keep a loose breech from closing the action, not to stop a detached cap. They should either be lower profile, and thus less lethal. Or they should be strong enough to safeguard the cap from departing the rifle as a projectile should the threads fail.
Phreakish
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Nope. Extremely uncommon. The budget 50 market is full of junk.
Phreakish
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Shoot a Barrett, or a Czech surplus rifle, or even a 12.7x105 Russian gun - it'll be fine.
Don't shoot some plumber's special that was a black Friday clearance deal ;)
Biomedtechguy
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Well, it wasn't his time to die, but there's a lesson for him only he knows.
I have a 50 cal on my wish list, but it's a different round altogether. It's about half as powerful as the 50 BMG (cal.of the rifle that exploded)
I like the 500 Automax
Check it out:
500 Automax vs 50 BMG
I have a 50 cal on my wish list, but it's a different round altogether. It's about half as powerful as the 50 BMG (cal.of the rifle that exploded)
I like the 500 Automax
Check it out:
500 Automax vs 50 BMG
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