This is stuff that happens in milliseconds so I'm only spitballing, but a sabot that petals right off the muzzle could impact the baffles and become a barrel obstruction. I don't think they mentioned finding the projectile lodged anywhere though.
Weirdly enough in an earlier video he said that Serbu cut a machine gun chamber on that RN 50 so he could shoot SLAP.
Random memory just came up reading that. Several years ago, Classic Firearms posted a listing for a big-ass crate of Persian 8mm Mauser that they said they found in a barn and were selling as-is with no guarantee of quality. The pictures were exactly what you would expect, scummy looking ammo loosely packed into a big-ass crate with traces of hay and dirt everywhere. They were selling it for like 17 cents a round or somewhere thereabouts. This was before 2015, maybe 2013 or 2014 or even earlier. Never before or since have I been so terrified to even be near any ammo like that.
The rifle design need more testing* long before anyone lay a finger on the trigger themself.
The chamber wasn't damaged, the locking surfaces sure as hell were. For traditional .50 BMG I'm sure the threaded endcap design is enough but if you see the stills from the muzzleblast that shit is exceptionally overloaded and I'd wager it would give an M2 a bad day.
The chamber isn't the weak spot, when there's problems it's the weakest link that gets blown out. It's like if you had running water on a hose and pinched it hard, the blockage downstream causes it to come off the tap because pressure will find the path of least resistance.
Took me a while to find it but the "machine gun chamber" isn't just hearsay, it's the military spec chamber while civilian rifles are cut tighter for precision.
The chamber was cited as a reinforcement point, hence my focus on it. As rare as it is for barrels to rupture from the chamber, you would think he'd question the strength of the threads before that.
That's the thing, it's been the opposite of "reinforced", it was relieved. They cut material away. I know it sounds counterintuitive but the smoother the transition the lower the pressure spike. That's why if you look at a .223 Rem chamber the rifling is sharp and almost touches the bullet, in a 5.56 NATO barrel the bullet flies in a smoothbore barrel for the first few millimeters and the rifling then ramps into engagement. In case of overpressure the bolt is always going to be the failure point, a looser chamber minimizes chances of overpressure.
Knowing Serbu, he's probably done all of that.
The ears are kinda eh, but I just never liked the idea of a screw plug breech, for multiple reasons. The resulting action must be strong as hell though, because they shoot normal .50BMG just fine.
Geh. They should just recycle stuff like that if they find it. I'm sure there's someone who'll be glad to reload some old 7.92mm casings, even if they're funky and Berdan primed.
Between this and the two videos about firearm patent conflicts, I’d swear Ian was reading this thread.
There are people who can and will investigate everything on the exploded gun if they get their hands on all of the pieces and everything else related to find the answer(s). Solving mystery explosions is of special importance as anti-2nd organizations love to be able shut down the gun industry for making "unsafe" products.
Godamn. His father plugged his open jugular with his thumb. Dude really earned that #1 Dad mug.
This is 100% why the Kentucky Ballistics video has been allowed to trend, even outside of the recommends of people who typically watch guntubers anyway.
That, and it'll tell you how to develop better products.
No, he told his son to wrap his own finger in his shirt and to then plug his jugular with it, because he had to drive while his son held himself together. Very quick thinking and acting on his part.
The 45 leg shot was so retarded. "Uh yah see *hyuck* I was using this thumb holster earlier and it made me put my index finger on the trigger of my cocked 1911 with the safety off". Fucking moron.
Tau "FW didn't demonitize at the same time as IRTV so it's a scam" Fledermaus is scared of the freedom to do what you want because he cannot imagine it.
