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 .50 cal rifle kabooooom! 
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RENCORP wrote:
That was a SLAP round with a load factor known to create higher barrel pressure compared to standard 50 cal. ammo.

Also, he sent the round down a barrel equipped with a muzzle brake - a definite no no for a sabot round.

Barrett insists upon only their military grade barrel being installed on rifles being used for sabot rounds, so there is that as well.

Put it all together, and it has less to do with old ammo, and more to do with proper preparation prior to pulling the trigger.

Do your homework first. Old ammo was not the problem here at all.

Kinda yes, and kind of no. Mistakes were made on both sides. Yes he should never put that/ammo down a braked barrel, but also if you review the video and see the difference between the first muzzle flash and the second muzzle flash you can definitely see there are some pressure issues with that ammo in the degradation of the powder inside. It wasn’t all user error. That ammo is not safe.

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Tue May 04, 2021 9:51 pm
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I'm of the opinion that the gun was built just strong enough to fire factory ammo with no head room for error or added safety as is evident by only 3 threads being the difference between a safe shot vs a kaboom.

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Scott recreated his accident . . . with the same model of rifle, and his remaining questionable SLAP rounds:


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Yeah, that was some crappy ammo.

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