Video - A Burst 1861 Navy Revolver Barrel

[arcticap]

A short 2:28 video by capandball showing how an obstruction due to a dry ball or squib load caused a revolver barrel to burst.

[Earlwb]

Thanks for sharing. People don't realize that even black powder can be quite dangerous.

[DougGuy]

"The shot before the last sounded different." This should have been enough to stop, roll the cylinder to an empty chamber and look. End of preaching.

I find it intriguing that the ball stopped near the end of the barrel likely could have been pushed out with minimal effort, yet the pressure curve rose so quickly that the barrel split before the stuck ball started moving.

[1Hawkeye]

He's got another video of a wrecked 58 remington that somebody loaded with smokeless. What a mess.

[arcticap]

Two different people have posted about similar experiences with squib loads.
One person’s experience resulted with only a slight barrel bulge about 1 inch into the barrel of his 1861, but it still fires with acceptable accuracy.

Another person said that his flask must have been low or empty of powder which led to only a few grains being loaded into one of his Remington chambers.
Luckily he checked his barrel after firing the squib, because he found that a ball was stuck just a few inches past the forcing cone.

[DIRT Farmer]

Two different people have posted about similar experiences with squib loads.
One person’s experience resulted with only a slight barrel bulge about 1 inch into the barrel of his 1861, but it still fires with acceptable accuracy.

Another person said that his flask must have been low or empty of powder which led to only a few grains being loaded into one of his Remington chambers.
Luckily he checked his barrel after firing the squib, because he found that a ball was stuck just a few inches past the forcing cone.

That is just one of thev reasons we load the cylider from a seperate mesure, Dropping 20 grains of fffginto a hot cylinder while holding 1/4 pound of B/P in your hand is another. Just because the Army did it back in '60,[1860] dosent mean we havent learned something since then