Anyone other then neoland see the mistakes in this thread over on the RPF?

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=44510

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Michael Larson
Minnesota-USA

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holy shiiiiiii.......that is one lucky guy!

As I know nothing about guns, whats a hot load, and what did he do wrong ??

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Scott
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Could someone repost what was said?

I don't have an RPF account and it won't let me view the thread without logging in.

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I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?!

Here it is this was posted by someone with Handle
CMANavy
just came home from the range and I am lucky.

I was shooting my 1873 Uberti Cattlemen Stainless Steel revolver in .45 colt, I had just fired 30 rounds of PMC .45 colt with zero problems. I then decided to fire off 6 rounds of the bear ammo that I use, it is made by Alaska Backpacker Ammo and is loaded with a hard lead 300 grain bullet.

These are hot rounds and quite powerful, the first 4 rounds went fine but #5 blew apart the cylinder and peeled back the cylenders on either side, blew #6 round (still live btw) into the air, the fran was forced up about 1/4" and cracked away from the barrel.

The gun is a total loss but I came out without a scratch. I have pics of every thing on my phone and cant load them unless I email them to someone and have them upload them for me.

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Michael Larson
Minnesota-USA

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A hot load is one that is generally faster than the published specs.

For instance, the reloading book that you are using says that the maximum load with a .45 ACP might be 10 grains of Accurate Arms No.5 with a 230 grain bullet and it is 840 FPS.

You load it with 12 grains.You chronograph it and it shows that you are 960 FPS.

That is a "hot" load.

Generally, it is not considered a good practice to "hot load" ones ammunition as it is hard on the gun. The small gain in speed results in a big increase in pressure that is way out of proportion to the extra power that speed provides.

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Michael Larson
Minnesota-USA

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So the guy was reloading his own shells, overloaded them beyond specs, and it blew apart his gun while he was firing it.

Yeah... don't try this at home!

Why do I think this is going to become an internet legend like the guy who had a bullet come through the wall of his townhouse from the nextdoor neighbour (who was probably playing "draw" in his bathroom)?

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I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?!

That guy was an idiot to use someone else's handloads. I've been handloading ammo since 1978 and never even came close to a problem like that. He's lucky to still have his eyes and fingers.

Mike

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He actually said he bought the ammo.

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Rob Slater
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Hmmm, seems to be the ammo maker has been handloading and selling for a few years and perhaps screwed up this batch. Perhaps the Uberti has a flaw in the cylinder wall. Check out this forum. Surprise, the owner of that revolver posted here.
http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/showthread.php?t=6860

Mike

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