60947 Fires it's last shot

[DoubleDown]

David, as others have said, sorry about the gun, but glad that you're ok.

So, how many reloads is too many for a hull ( I know it will vary per brand)? I tend to visually inspect my hulls before using them to check the brass and the ends for splits, etc. It sounds like this may not be good enough, and no matter how good the shell looks it should be discarded after a few uses?

Mike

[John Truitt]

Mr Yeatts,

Again I am sorry this happened and am glad you are well.

I am not trying to pick anything apart. Just making some observations and putting some questions out there.

That is one big section of metal that is missing. And the barrel is really bulged out.
All of the damage appears to be proximal to the forcing cones and located at the chamber over the shell.

Is there any info out there that correlates position of rupture with cause of destruction? (ie: split out way in front of forearm = stuck hull, chamber rupture= double powder charge or some major obstruction)

Don Kaas posted a few years ago some pictures how his 32" 16 barrel was split due to a stuck wad out past the forearm ( that was a few years ago so I am going off of memory) That seemed to be a split longitudinally and in a fluid steel barrel. (search catastrophic failure. I don't know how to attach it to this)

The amount of metal missing and the expansion of the barrel seems to be most impressive to me. ( mr yeatt's pictures that is)