Chinese ammo for sale Cheeeep! Get what you pay for!

[Spazzmodicus]

Got this in an email yesterday:

First it was baby formula, then pet food (dry wall, toys, jewelry too!!) but now you should watch out when buying anything from China, including new ammunition. Seriously, who would buy Chinese ammo?

A guy came into the police department the other day to ask a favor.

He had a S&W 629 (.44 Mag) that he wanted to dispose of after a mishap at the range.

He said there was a loud bang when he tested his new ammo, (Chinese made), and the gun smacked him in the forehead,
leaving a nice gash.

When the tweety birds cleared from around his head, the pictures show what he saw.

Bet he never uses Chinese made ammo again. Looks like when the round in the chamber went off, it also set off at least
two other rounds in adjacent cylinders.

I would have hated to been the one that pulled the trigger on that one!

 

[misconfig]

Holy crap - good thing he didn't get more seriously injured!

 

[fullmetaljesus]

WOW! That is amazing he didnt get killed.

 

[CSORuger]

Wow, glad he was not hurt more the a small gash.

Chinese made ammo, shoots to the left and destroying American firearms one at a time. Somehow I see Obama in this.

 

[jgarst]

Holy s***. He is very lucky indeed. Bet he wishes he would spent what new saved on some good ammo now.

 

[KLB]

This forum thread claims it was reloads, not Chinese ammo.
S&W 44 magnum accident

 

[Sajer]

Chinese ammo has not been imported in a very long time so he had it laying around or some one sold him some old ammo as new.

Looking at the cases it looks like a re load. Any chance of getting pics of the casing with manufacturer codes?

 

[Slapstick]

A little duck tape and a dab of superglue and it's good as new.

 

[Clay]

an oldie, but a goodie. I never remembered chicom ammo being blamed for this originally...... oh, and there is the original post!

 

[Spazzmodicus]

Simply posted what I received.

 

[gunman41mag]

Only chinese ammo that I know of is NORINCO

 

[4sarge]

I didn't know that Glock made Revolvers

 

[Spazzmodicus]

It was more than likely reloads. Whoever started the email customized if for their own purposes. I'll stick with store-bought ammo and keep my eyeballs and teeth, thank you....heh heh.

 

[Steelman]

There are loads that say "RUGER ONLY" in most reloading manuals. It is not a suggestion.

 

[Mosinguy]

I didn't know the Chinese even imported 44 Magnum back in the day.

 

[TheDude]

Now accepting all junk Chinese ammo. PM me for pickup.

 

[Ted]

I didn't know that Glock made Revolvers

You'll notice that it didn't happen to a hi point.

 

[Dwight D]

That pic has been around awhile. Like someone else said, Norinco was the only Chinese ammo that I know of that used to be imported but has not been around in awhile. They did make it in handgun calibers, but I cannot say if 44 mag was available, If so I never saw any. I was an FFL dealer back in the Norinco days and while it was not as good as say IMI, it was pretty decent ammo for the money. I shot several thousand rounds of it and sold probably over tens of thousands. No complaints, no kabooms.

 

[Bapak2ja]

Rookie questions: Did the weapon fail in any way on this one? Was there a weakness in a chamber wall that allowed the explosion to go into the next chamber? Any way of diagnosing if a chamber weakness contributed to the problem? Could a weak chamber wall have allowed a proper round to have breeched the chamber wall and then ignite the cartridge in the neighboring chamber?

Basically, I am asking if the fault is totally on the ammo or could the revolver have been a fault as well?

 

[Dwight]

.44 Magnum.....the most powerful handgun in the world......it can blow your head clean off.....

He must have felt lucky, Punk!!