a Revolver kaBOOM posting
- nightcrawler60
- New to ArizonaShooting.org
- Posts: 1
- Joined: July 19th, 2022, 2:53 pm
- Reputation: 0
- Location: Arizona
Re: a Revolver kaBOOM posting
Nice one..
- Tenring
- ArizonaShooting.org Member
- Posts: 2483
- Joined: June 2nd, 2018, 10:13 am
- Reputation: 7
- Location: Cave Creek
Re: a Revolver kaBOOM posting
Woah......saw a guy blow up a revolver at Avery years ago, didn't get a good look at what happend too much blood.
- Manitu
- ArizonaShooting.org Member
- Posts: 1101
- Joined: May 22nd, 2018, 6:33 pm
- Reputation: 1
- Location: Mesa
Re: a Revolver kaBOOM posting
That remaing pink really shows a lot of a white color I wonder if this was even a steel gun, and not some 315$ pink ladys gun to meet a price point. Think it was a Charter Arms aluminium frame, guess it was to much psi after second look.
- pneuby
- ArizonaShooting.org Member
- Posts: 1194
- Joined: July 28th, 2018, 10:01 am
- Reputation: 8
- Location: Phoenix
Re: a Revolver kaBOOM posting
Yes, those are alloy frames. Apparently you can anodize in most any color.
- Not_a_223
- New to ArizonaShooting.org
- Posts: 3
- Joined: July 18th, 2022, 11:24 am
- Reputation: 0
- Location: Scottsdale
Re: a Revolver kaBOOM posting
If this happened at the Scottsdale Gun Club, I was informed today by one of their instructors that the lady told them they had old hand loads.
- BigNate
- ArizonaShooting.org Member
- Posts: 652
- Joined: July 5th, 2020, 5:56 pm
- Reputation: 4
- Location: Phoenix
Re: a Revolver kaBOOM posting
IMHO - 99% probability of the cause being a double charge in a hand load. If it had not blown out the cylinder but had just ruptured the barrel / ripped the barrel off the front of the frame - then I could see a squib being the cause - but I can't see anything rupturing the cylinder other than WAAAAYYYYYYY too much pressure...
OK - I guess it's possible that the gun became self aware, figured out that it had been powder coated pink, and decided to kill itself out of embarrassment.
OK - I guess it's possible that the gun became self aware, figured out that it had been powder coated pink, and decided to kill itself out of embarrassment.
- SupportTheSecond
- ArizonaShooting.org Member
- Posts: 484
- Joined: August 1st, 2021, 11:11 am
- Reputation: 0
- Location: Oro Valley
Re: a Revolver kaBOOM posting
I'm going with the last paragraph.BigNate wrote: ↑July 21st, 2022, 1:02 pm IMHO - 99% probability of the cause being a double charge in a hand load. If it had not blown out the cylinder but had just ruptured the barrel / ripped the barrel off the front of the frame - then I could see a squib being the cause - but I can't see anything rupturing the cylinder other than WAAAAYYYYYYY too much pressure...
OK - I guess it's possible that the gun became self aware, figured out that it had been powder coated pink, and decided to kill itself out of embarrassment.
- needsmostuff
- ArizonaShooting.org Member
- Posts: 496
- Joined: May 17th, 2018, 8:16 pm
- Reputation: 20
- Location: Knee deep in the dry heat of Tucson
Re: a Revolver kaBOOM posting
Gonna toss out one other thought.
The cyl. latch looks to be still in the forward position like it was not completely in battery.
Charter Arms are kind of susceptible to cranes twisting if the gun gets cowboyed. The cyl. pin will over travel and not go in the hole to push the latch back. That leaves the cyl. slightly twisted and the bullet aiming at the part of the frame and forcing cone that is missing.
Note the latch in the foward position, crane and the front of the cyl. pin not fully seated.
Or,,,,,, It just hated being pink.
The cyl. latch looks to be still in the forward position like it was not completely in battery.
Charter Arms are kind of susceptible to cranes twisting if the gun gets cowboyed. The cyl. pin will over travel and not go in the hole to push the latch back. That leaves the cyl. slightly twisted and the bullet aiming at the part of the frame and forcing cone that is missing.
Note the latch in the foward position, crane and the front of the cyl. pin not fully seated.
Or,,,,,, It just hated being pink.