A Friend’s Gun Exploded Today w/ RST Shell

[birddogdoc]

This is my friend’s W. Richards which correct me if I’m wrong but it’s not the same as a Westly Richards. He was hunting bobwhites this am in TN and he fired the second barrel at a quail and the barrel burst. He was shooting RST shells and he says that he doesn’t believe the barrel was plugged. This was the first shot of that barrel today and he cleaned the gun last week. Luckily he wasn’t hurt just shook up. Any thoughts?

[winplumber]

Does he remember if he checked the bores before loading ? Glad he is ok ! What shell was he shooting ?

[birddogdoc]

Originally Posted by Steve Huffman

Does he remember if he checked the bores before loading ? Glad he is ok ! What shell was he shooting ?

He was shooting the 2.5 inch 20 gauge ultra lites

[Victor Wasylyna]

Your friend is a lucky guy/gal. Not sure how anything other than an obstruction could cause that to happen. I look forward to the replies.

-Victor

[Jay Oliver]

Those RST 2.5 Ultra Lites are 3/4 oz @ 1100fps. A very light load with almost zero recoil in my Parker 20s. Those are my favorite shells for shooting clays. That is a scary picture and I am glad your friend is okay.

[Alfred Greeson]

Could a 28 Ga. shell have been down in that barrel? That is quite the explosion

[OH Osthaus]

looks like a classic obstruction blow out

was it the first shot of the day for that barrel?

glad he is ok,

[Dean Romig]

Most likely a stuck wad obstruction from the previous shot fired in that barrel. Very, very unfortunate.





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[B. Dudley]

Or the muzzle got stuck in the dirt.

[Drew Hause]

Lots of questions to be answered
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...K7G9IBs4g/edit

A ring bulge is confirmation of an obstruction, and almost always lifts the rib





Thin barrels usually just split