Skip to 4:25 for the big bang........
AR-50 is a safe and decent rifle, though.Holy crap!!!!
I used to have an AR-50..... I do not miss it much.
Me too, but that was because it was a righty and I shoot lefty. I like my M82A1, Ferret50, and LAR Grizzly Big Boar though!Holy crap!!!!
I used to have an AR-50..... I do not miss it much.
Maybe but if the threads were damaged, I would think that the cap would not have threaded into position for that last shot.The vid says prev round were funky.
Kaboom might have been the result of cumulative damage, not just a one and done.
A buddy of mine had a Barrett Light .50, and bought some cheap Portuguese yellow-tip surplus ammo for it. I googled the ammo before he had a chance to shoot any of it. Turns out that the powder grains in this particular ammunition would break apart with movement over time, resulting in a much faster burn rate and thereby sending pressures too high. There were tales of that ammunition blowing up guns. Is it likely in Kentucky Ballistics' case?
Do I have this right: he knew he had jacked up SLAP rounds (pulled components and then Jethro reloads them with pistol powder?) or that he knew a SLAP round SHOULD NOT BE FIRED from a Serbu . . . and he shot them anywho?
I want to ensure I have this right. Is this correct?
Do I have this right: he knew he had jacked up SLAP rounds (pulled components and then Jethro reloads them with pistol powder?) or that he knew a SLAP round SHOULD NOT BE FIRED from a Serbu . . . and he shot them anywho?
I want to ensure I have this right. Is this correct?
If the case capacity wasn't correct the spike in pressure would be greatly increased. I don't know if it would be enough to cause the failure that happened though.Boy I hope he saved whatever email correspondence or other records document Mark telling him that this configuration of rifle was suitable for shooting SLAP rounds.
I have a difficult time buying Mark's story that the threads fail at 250,000psi or whatever when spec on the round is 60,000psi. I dunno what you could load a .50 case with besides C4 that would achieve that pressure without a bore obstruction. You'd think the plastic sabot would basically evaporate first.