Butt puckering (what happened)

[Rookie]

I really don't know any details, so give me your best guess. This isn't mine, it belongs to a coworker.

 

[Hookeye]

Stuck one and tried to shoot it out.
Or wrong powder/charge.

 

[Hookeye]

Or it just exceeded the tacticool accessory allowance and self destructed.

 

[snorko]

Is that a split in half upper receiver? Seems even a double charge or squib plus a follow up wouldn't do that. On two occasions I have seen someone fire a squib/short round, not realize there was a bullet stuck in barrel and fire a follow up. Both times the bolt blew back and the magazine blew out.

 

[Motorhead302]

it 'sploded.

 

[Rookie]

it 'sploded.

WINNER!!!

 

[Rookie]

Is that a split in half upper receiver? Seems even a double charge or squib plus a follow up wouldn't do that. On two occasions I have seen someone fire a squib/short round, not realize there was a bullet stuck in barrel and fire a follow up. Both times the bolt blew back and the magazine blew out.

Yup, that's an upper.

 

[Motorhead302]

WINNER!!!

sweet! what do i get?

 

[42769vette]

Most of the time a 556 can not be double charged due to case capacity. I say most of the time, because I don't THINK its ever possible if you you use the right powder, but Im sure someone could prove me wrong.

If I were a betting man I would say one got stuck and another came in behind it.

 

[Rookie]

sweet! what do i get?

The satisfaction of knowing you won.

And the knowledge that I reported you.

 

[ModernGunner]

Metal fatigue.

Now, if a squib, over-powder charge or something contributed to that, it's hard to tell from that single photo.

But anything explosive enough to blow apart the actual metal would've been powerful enough to kill the person holding it. Since there was no mention of a decedent, a reasonable conclusion is metal fatigue perhaps exacerbated by a squib load, etc.

 

[OneBadV8]

The satisfaction of knowing you won.

And the knowledge that I reported you.

 

[churchmouse]

Possible charge level or squib round but the upper should not have come un-glued like that. Must have been a poor casting....Make of upper?????

 

[indiucky]

Or it just exceeded the tacticool accessory allowance and self destructed.

One of my 1911's did that when I tried to put "Punisher" Grips on it........

 

[Rookie]

See? I told him!

 

[indykid]

Is that one of those new GR-16s from Glock????

 

[Motorhead302]

The satisfaction of knowing you won.

And the knowledge that I reported you.

will the mighty overlords be handling my reward, then?

 

[kawtech87]

AKs don't do that.

 

[LANShark42]

That would sure pucker my button!

 

[Rookie]

That would sure pucker my button!

Yeah, I asked the mods to fix it...

I'd fix it myself, but I don't want to show off my awesome mod powers.