Revolver exploded in my face

[88GT]

Does this negate the "revolvers always go boom" adage....or strengthen it?

Wow. I'm glad you're okay.

 

[fergie22]

glad you are ok i`ve seen this before superman had his finger in the barrel lol

semper fi

 

[deranged222]

Wow! Glad you are safe.

 

[leftsock]

Glad to hear you are ok. I always wear eye pro when shooting anything. This pic is a good reminder why.

^^ definitely

Hard to believe a 22 LR could blow up a gun like that

I agree, it is has to believe! It was loaded with cheap, bulk pack .22lr.

 

[IndianaGTI]

Hard to believe a 22 LR could blow up a gun like that

I agree! Very hard to believe that a .22 could break the gun in one location, much less too. I wonder if the metal had already fatigued or broke in one of those locations. The bullet on the front of the cartridge was likely the obstructions since clearly the bore could not have been lined up with the barrel.

 

[thompal]

Wow! Glad your ok! Surprise there are no Glock jokes yet!

I guess the "PG" name refers to "Pretty Glockish"

 

[djones]

OP what does the bore look like?

 

[Stainer]

OP what does the bore look like?

I'm gonna guess that the bore looks like it is never going to have another round through it! Good thing no one was hurt.

 

[DFM914]

Maybe the P/G in this case meant "Piece of Garbage" Really glad no one was injured!

 

[leftsock]

OP what does the bore look like?

Looks as good as it ever has. I'm just shining a small flashlight off of my finger at the back of the barrel.

 

[Regionnus Rattis]

Looks as good as it ever has. I'm just shining a small flashlight off of my finger at the back of the barrel.

Looks like metal fatigue on top. The metal is not that thick where the screw head is on the frame side of the connection. I would agree about the cylinder not seated correctly to the barrel. Did you look at the casing to see where the crease was on the casing to strike the primer? If it was all the way across that would tell you.

 

[Dpj]

Ouch, good thing you weren't hurt. Kinda cool pics I must admit though.

 

[Colt556]

It looks as if the gun is made from pot metal. I would guess that there was metal fatigue on the top strap and when that area broke from the force of recoil the energy continued and put more force on the bottom area of the frame at the weakest point and that area also broke. The trigger guard is also bent a little. The cylinder and bbl sleeve are probably the only steel pieces on the gun. I probably didn't say that all correctly but I'm sure you get the idea. I'm glad nobody was hurt. IMHO YMMV

 

[BE Mike]

I guess you really do get what you pay for...assuming you didn't pay much for this. If you or some by-stander had been injured, it may have been the most expensive firearm you ever purchased. I'm glad you dodged the bullet, so to speak.

 

[RealTree]

Whoa...Thank the Lord you weren't hurt!

 

[leftsock]

Yeah, it was a very, very cheap revolver, and fatigue or low-quality materials could factor into this incident. I didn't think to keep the casing of the round that caused accident! doh!

 

[Squirrel Dog]

Glad you were not hurt.

 

[42769vette]

i had a smith model 27 357 mag blow in my hands. split the barrel from end to end.

i was shooting somone elses reloads when it happened. bad thing was i was young and had snuck my fathers pistol out without permision. even though it wasn't my fault i got to buy my father a nw s&w 44 mag and couldn't sit down for a month

 

[firehawk1]

What's up with all the black sooty looking stuff on the bottom of the frame in that one picture? Not real educated in revolvers but, did a round go off in the bottom of the cylinder maybe?

 

[bk1330]

I have one of these same revolvers I inherited when my grandfather died they are horrible guns. I never shoot mine and will keep it just because it was in the family but mine is a seven shot also but you have to pull the trigger 21 times to fire 7 shots everything on it is junk. I'm surprised there is any left and they haven't all blown up by now. By the way before anyone freaks out yes I checked the barrel after everymiss fire to make sure there was no obstructions and the rounds where not even being hit it was not light strikes it was like no strikes the hammer never reaches the round every so often just a real piece of crap.