Bananna gun

[abunaitoo]

Happened this weekend at the range. 300win mag. No one got hurt.

[rvpilot76]

OUCH! Looks to me like an obstruction right at the muzzle brake with the way that the threads on the brake were split. Anyone else here want to guess?

Kevin

[abunaitoo]

I was not there to see this happen. I was told that the guy had just cleaned the barrel befor the banana happened.
Theroy is that the jag un-screwed itself, and was in the barrel. Happened to me a few times. Jag, not the banana. I always check the barrel after cleaning.
If it didn't have the muzzle break on, it would have split just like in the cartoons.
Good news is no one got hurt.

[Bubba w/a 45/70]

Did that with a .22 insert for my H&R BC at our .22 long range shoot this year. Had about <10 shots through it, wasn't getting ANY accuracy and pulled it out. Then I seen why...nice "hole" (with a about 1/2 of a bullet still in the split) about 3" from the muzzle end of the insert. Still haven't quite figured out what actually happened.

Thankfull nothing was hurt in the H&R barrel, just had extra cleaning up to do.:(

[versifier]

Abunaitoo,
See if he will donate it to your local Hunter Ed group. We're always looking for good examples to make our students aware of what happens when there is a bore obstruction. If they aren't interested, we'd happily pay shipping if the owner is amenable. There's nothing like the look on a kid's face when (s)he's holding a blown up gun in hand and the realization of the energy involved and the consequences sinks in. Our example is an old 12GA side by each that had a 20Ga shell loaded in front of a 12 and touched off. Rifles like that one are a lot more dramatic and priceless as teaching aides.

[West Creek]

they werent using bannana oil to clean it were they??