.44 Magnum Fail!

Platapus · 12-22-13, 09:57 AM

I used to work with a guy who hot loaded his own .44 rounds. As if the normal .44 round is not powerful enough.

To him, more power was everything. Unfortunately, not only did he know little about ballistics, he knew little about safe loading.

He had this very nice and expensive Dan Wesson (I think you can see where this is going)

The bad news is that he blew the barrel of his gun.
The good news is that the splinter from that barrel missed his eye by about 1/8 inch and merely dug a divit in the side of his cheek.

Another data point for "just because you can afford a piece of equipment, does not mean you should."

.44 mag hot loads.

12-22-13, 09:57 AM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,399 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I used to work with a guy who hot loaded his own .44 rounds. As if the normal .44 round is not powerful enough. To him, more power was everything. Unfortunately, not only did he know little about ballistics, he knew little about safe loading. He had this very nice and expensive Dan Wesson (I think you can see where this is going) The bad news is that he blew the barrel of his gun. The good news is that the splinter from that barrel missed his eye by about 1/8 inch and merely dug a divit in the side of his cheek. Another data point for "just because you can afford a piece of equipment, does not mean you should." .44 mag hot loads. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.