I've seen a few bulged barrels, but never anything like that. Was the shooter ok?
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He was bloody for a few minutes and continued shooting that day.
What was that guys name?
And who took that excellent picture???
Yeah, I am fine. I was about a quart low on blood as my right arm was a fountain and had to have a piece of shell casing dug out of my breastbone but other than that okay.
It was the thirteenth round out of a brand new and freshly cleaned, by a former Marine (TexasCowboy) using range bought factory Winchester ammo. Rather than considering a lawsuit against Springfield we sent the weapon back to them for examination to ascertain if they should recall the other 9,999 in the same batch. Springfield would not disclose the cause or discuss a recall. They did not do the knee jerk “pilot error” thing though.