I’ve seen a revolver barrel with THREE squibs splitting the barrel.
I also witnessed a double squib at the range. The second round sounded like a cap pistol going off.
And yes, the second incident was with re-loads.
Never saw a cylinder failure like that, though.
>> Never saw a cylinder failure like that, though
The particular design of the barrel probably dictates exactly how the barrel will fail (in the event of a failure).
It appears that there was a design flaw that left a weakness at that particular point in the barrel ... so, when it exploded, it did so through the weakest spot. Not sure if it is a flaw in the design of the gun, or the manufacturing of that particular piece. But, that doesn’t look like a standard jammed-barrel explosion.
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