To much powder?

I recieved this in a e-mail, this guy is lucky to be alive!

A guy came into our department the other day to ask a favor. He had a S&W 629 that he wanted to dispose of after a mishap at the range. He said there was a loud bang when he tested his new load and the gun smacked him in the forehead, leaving a nice gash. When the tweety birds cleared, this is what he saw…..

WOW! He is lucky to be alive.

Ouch ,I knew that was gonna leave a mark

Very lucky guy.New underware I bet.

This is not the first 629 I have seen explode.

I believe there was a recall on these back in the late 80’s. They changed the design.

-J.

That’s simply horrifying. A home loaders biggest fear.

Do I see that the bullet is jamed into the barrel ??

Does this person still have his hand ??

That doesn’t look like a black powder weapon, but it does look like a black powder pistol loaded with smokeless. I have seen several pistols and rifles with that kind of explosion when the wrong powder was used. He maybe needs to lighten up on the loads or make sure his life insurance and religious needs have all been met.

Maybe not too much powder but to little…
It looks like he either tried to load a “light” target load using the wrong bullet…
My favorite light load was about 8.5 grains of Red Dot(a fast burning shotgun powder) with cast or pure lead bullets but the disclaimer was NEVER use jacketed bullets!
It does not produce enough power to get a jacketed bullet past the forcing cone thus all the air space left (with the small powder charge) would cause the pressure to rise at the wrong time…..
Either that or he had a bullet stuck in the barrel and shot another one into it…IE: he shot a powderless load and the primer itself gave the bullet just enough to get into the barrel..And then he shot the next round.
When you you reload and any time it does not sound right you stop and check the gun….

He IS a lucky guy

Been awhile, but if I remember right, when I loaded my 686 in .357 I used winchester 296 and it was very fussy about over or under loading.

Be interesting to hear what he was loading.

There’s a reason why when I do my reloading I shut the door, turn the TV off and recheck my loadings frequently.

Years back when I first started loading, one of my loads blew the mag out the bottom of a 1911 that the wife was shooting, only took once for me.
I’m figuring I got distracted and double charged a round.

Al

Yep….Any ball powder needs to be loaded right

BTW 296 was my favorite for deer hunting loads..

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This is not the first 629 I have seen explode.

I believe there was a recall on these back in the late 80’s. They changed the design.

-J.

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Just curious Jon where you heard or saw anything about a recall….I have a early 80’s model and never heard anything like that….

Mine has always been a great shooter and rock solid with any normal load..

I know they did a redesign in the 90’s but that was mostly internal parts that had a hard time with heavy loads.

This guy needed to head to a casino or buy a powerball. He’s one luck s.o.b.

Would not have damaged a Ruger!