How many bullets can you get in a barrel?

[John Taylor]

This barrel has 17 stuck in it. Notice the lead extruded out the gas port. Gun would not fire again because the action failed to open after the last shot because the gas port was plugged. This is a Ruger 44 carbine.


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[Omega]

That's one strong barrel!

[Chill Wills]

My Oh My!
Does the owner have kids yet? Is it too late?

[454PB]

The guy was thinking "this thing sure is inaccurate, but at least there's no recoil".

[1Hawkeye]

He must have had some great ear plugs . Lucky for him he didn't have any with a real powder charge after the first squib. I guess you can fix stupid but it must be a heck of an hourly rate.

[MT Chambers]

What is his name on this site?

[Hickok]

Says a lot for the strength of the Ruger Carbine. WOW!

[Mk42gunner]

Yikes.

[toallmy]

That's a strange way to store your boollits ,

[tradbear55]

Only thing I can say is "WOW"

[M-Tecs]

Simply amazing!!!!!!!!

[Ballistics in Scotland]

I've seen pictures of sectioned Webley revolver barrels in the same situation. I would hope they, and this one, were perpetrated with a pitted or worn barrel, in a spirit of scientific inquiry, from a remote rest.

[Hardcast416taylor]

Looks like they were jacketed bullets he used by what looks like jacket material in the cross sectioned barrel, very lucky indeed that it held.Robert

[Teddy (punchie)]

"O-boy " with my head shaking walking away, just about says it all.

[Mica_Hiebert]

that is sad! :-( I was just looking at those rifles and decided the price on them was to high for my blood and that guy done screwed that one up!

[LIMPINGJ]

Scary that they are out there and they do breed.

[John Taylor]

First shot appears to be cast lead, the rest are jacketed, I believe the first one was a squib load and the rest were also light loads. A factory load probably would have split the barrel. I could feel several small bulges running my finger down the outside. Considering the mag only hold 4 rounds the gun had to be reloaded at least 5 times. There is no rust or pitting on any parts that I can see. I had the pleasure of making a new barrel for it.
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[44man]

Covered under Warranty--- hacksaw blade warranty that is! :holysheep
It still gives an appreciation to a strong gun.
I can't see that fella belonging here either.

[bedbugbilly]

I didn't know Forest Gump was allowed to purchase a firearm . . . . . . .

But, it does speak well for Ruger I guess . . . .

Perhaps this guy should stop shooting and take up knitting? Oh, wait a minute . . . knitting needles have sharp ends.

[Preacher Jim]

John i hope you have a hydrolic press and a good barrel vise to secure barrel to press those out. the most i have pressed out was 7 from a rifle.
they are borned every minute

[robg]

Seen a model 29 with 7 in the barrel.its stunning that he reloaded and only stopped when the cylinder wouldn't turn.

[Outpost75]

In the Customer Service area at Ruger in New Hampshire they have a wall display of a great many sectioned barrel filled up with bullets, as well as sectioned .45-70 barrels with multiple chamber rings located adjacent the bullet bases of every different bullet weight the user tried...

[John Taylor]

There is a bit more to the story, owner said he loaned it to his brother.

[oldred]

There is a bit more to the story, owner said he loaned it to his brother.


SURE he did! You wouldn't honestly expect him to admit something like would you?

[Pine Baron]

Now that's NO way to "slug" the bore. :Fire:

[DeFacto]

SURE he did! You wouldn't honestly expect him to admit something like would you?

Ha, well.. as someone who did something stupid (ramming an almost complete paper towel down a mosin-barrel and getting it well and truly stuck) and then had his brother inquire on these forums as to how to remove it :oops:.. it IS possible that he didn't do it directly :-P

[w5pv]

They are born everyday

[wmitty]

John, I guess the next question is " Can you fix this barrel?"

[John Taylor]

John, I guess the next question is " Can you fix this barrel?"
Already made a new replacement barrel. Not enough wall thickness for a liner. I could have taken out all the bullets but then I would not have a neat picture after cutting the side of the barrel away. The fun of being a gunsmith, wonder what will come in next. Sometimes the bulges in the barrel do not effect accuracy, but then they probably were not target guns to start with.

[victorfox]

Closest and stupidiest thing like this I did was trying to shoot duplex pellets in my airgun. Too young and dumb to know a worn breech seal I shot and them both stuck. Smart like I was I looked for a thin dowel to push things out. I managed to break it inside the barrel and to let the airgun bear-trap my finger (have the scar to this day) Worst of all it was a loaned gun, I returned it broken and my father slapped my rear end, so I could learn, because he had to pay the gun loaner. Thankfully I learned stuff... But this one surely makes my feat too small...

[Mytmousemalibu]

That is a heck of a wall hanger! Just saw one of those Carbines at the gun show yesterday too.

[Ballistics in Scotland]

Almost any rifle, divested of woodwork or all that other stuff some make them of, will stand enough heat to char loose a paper or wood obstruction. Most will for lead alloy. But jammed heavily-jacketed bullets are a big problem.

[I'll Make Mine]

So, after the squib, that guy fired a WHOLE MAGAZINE, reloaded, and shot some more before the gas port plugged...

Must be nice to be that lucky. Wonder if he bought a lottery ticket?

[fordwannabe]

Ok I gotta be the guy that says it....too dxxn dumb to be playing with guns.

[2ndAmendmentNut]

A friend brought me a nice K-38 with six in the barrel. Apparently the last round of one cylinder squibbed and then they loaded up another cylinder full for rapid double action shooting. Five more bullets stacked up before the barrel split about midway, causing the ejection rod to bend in a way that prevented the cylinder from turning.

[victorfox]

BIS you're right, but at that time I was 10 and not very bright. I could have used a solder rod for example. My father was so upset with me he wouldn't even try to fix the gun... Heck worst than the beating was to stay away from airguns a looong time.... (as a punishment).

[shaner]

I stuck two in my xd 45 . I was in a competition one afternoon. Ruined my day.
I remember my gunsmith showing me a 38 Spl. Where a guy stuck 4 in the barrel

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[contender1]

Amazing!
One thing many do not know is that the action of a Ruger 44 Carbine required a pretty high pressure to simply operate the action. Makes me wonder about this gun's gun, the loads & the "rest of the story."
Still it speaks HIGHLY of the Ruger quality.

[Goatwhiskers]

Guess I'm lucky. In 30+ years of 'smithing I only had one of those. Fella brought in his kid's Benjamin with 10 pellets in the barrel. Not too bad tapping those back out. GW

[Earlwb]

Wow! That is totally amazing. I wonder what he thought he was shooting at and missing. You would think he would have caught on pretty quick.

[osteodoc08]

Didn't a member (who shall remain nameless) do something similar with a revolver a few years ago before he got booted?

[Geezer in NH]

When I had my shop a Ruger super 44 had 6 bullets in the barrel. sent it to Ruger and they were gong to destroy it till I said send it back or I will report it stolen.

I cut the barrel and action in half on my mill then mounted it in solid plastic. Barrel and action were way out of spec by visual and measurement.

The customer who owned it had started reloading 1 month before the problem.

[marlin39a]

Surely alcohol was involved!

[ulav8r]

Once had a .357 Blackhawk come in with 6 in the barrel. The guy had been shooting 38 Special tracers, said they had "welded the barrel closed". I drove them out and cleaned the barrel, no permanent damage had been done.

[almostgone]

....a barrel full apparently :D

[GunnerAsch]

I had a guy bring me an absolutely MINT! Smith 38-44 Outdoorsman about 12 yrs ago. Said he "had a bullet stuck in the barrel"..and sure enough I could see a bit of copper in the cylinder gap, and the cylinder was locked up tight. So I grabbed a hammer and a rod and stuffed it down the 6" barrel...only..3". Blink blink..? Make a long story short...he had squibbed (6) 158gr JHPs in the barrel. I had to make up a long end mill and cut each and every bullet out, then gently peel the jackets out. There was a very slight..slight bulge just back from the front of the crane, one could just..just feel the swelling and looking down the barrel..one could see a slight ring..probably .015 deep. When he showed up a week later..I showed it to him and suggested he buy from a different ammo seller. He then blushed and said he had done it himself. When I told him it was gonna cost him for me making the end mill and spending a few hours getting the rounds out..he said.."keep it" and turned around and left. So I took it out the next weekend and fired a **** load of .38 Spec 158 cast hotties..and it shoots just as well as any of my other wheel guns. Doesnt seem to have hurt it in the slightest and Ive shot the heck out of it ever since. Thanks Mr Newbie!!

[John Taylor]

Got a little more of the story today. The ammo was 44 special loaded for a bulldog pistol so they were a bit light. The owner was at the range with his brother but was busy doing something ells at the time. The brother said he could not see where he was hitting, finally telling the owner the gun quit shooting. The owner took a picture of the barrel as well as two other gunsmiths so that make four pictures and all got posted to shooting forums with the owners being the last one. He was kicked off what ever forum he posted his picture on and was called a lier because the picture was already being passed around the internet. Like adding insult to injury.