Comments on: Hey Stupid!!! http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/06/hey-stupid/ A view from the haft of the spear... Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:42:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/06/hey-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-353 admin Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:50:51 +0000 http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/06/hey-stupid/#comment-353 Love you too, Highness... I'm not scared anymore, of a great many things... Love you too, Highness…

I’m not scared anymore, of a great many things…

]]> By: Maggie http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/06/hey-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Maggie Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:54:56 +0000 http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/06/hey-stupid/#comment-344 Off topic............love you Off topic…………love you

]]> By: admin http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/06/hey-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-342 admin Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:20:41 +0000 http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/06/hey-stupid/#comment-342 The barrel screws into the barrel extension. As the end of the barrel (which actually contains the "chamber") reaches the depth where it must interact with the bolt, it is ratcheted in all the way, and then the gunner uses his headspace and timing gauge to back the barrel out to the optimum headspace (the gap between the face of the bolt and the entry into the chamber.) If the gap is slightly wider than it should be, enough explosive force is generated when the gun is fired to create a credible explosion that can shred the gun (and gunner)... In this case it looks like the gap was so wide as to allow the gas pressure of the fired round to dissipate freely, without compromising the physical integrity of the receiver, and knocked the barrel off, which tells me that the barrel was just hanging on by a few threads... Obviously either somebody didn't know what they were doing, or they blew off checking the headspace. The fact that they were standing around laughing about it afterwords, instead of calling for a medic (which is the very first thing I'd do if I saw a gun explosion) ells me that these folks didn't know what they were doing, or didn't appreciate the ramifications of what just happened... Bottom line: The gunner got lucky on this one... The barrel screws into the barrel extension. As the end of the barrel (which actually contains the “chamber”) reaches the depth where it must interact with the bolt, it is ratcheted in all the way, and then the gunner uses his headspace and timing gauge to back the barrel out to the optimum headspace (the gap between the face of the bolt and the entry into the chamber.)
If the gap is slightly wider than it should be, enough explosive force is generated when the gun is fired to create a credible explosion that can shred the gun (and gunner)…
In this case it looks like the gap was so wide as to allow the gas pressure of the fired round to dissipate freely, without compromising the physical integrity of the receiver, and knocked the barrel off, which tells me that the barrel was just hanging on by a few threads… Obviously either somebody didn’t know what they were doing, or they blew off checking the headspace.
The fact that they were standing around laughing about it afterwords, instead of calling for a medic (which is the very first thing I’d do if I saw a gun explosion) ells me that these folks didn’t know what they were doing, or didn’t appreciate the ramifications of what just happened…
Bottom line: The gunner got lucky on this one…

]]> By: USMC Steve http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/06/hey-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-341 USMC Steve Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:51:32 +0000 http://www.thegunline.com/blog/2009/06/hey-stupid/#comment-341 But how did they manage to pull it off? The barrel must screw into the barrel extension sufficiently far to allow for some sort of decent headspacing, doesn't it? I haven't been around .50's for years, but as I recall, that is just not a simple thing to make happen. But how did they manage to pull it off? The barrel must screw into the barrel extension sufficiently far to allow for some sort of decent headspacing, doesn’t it? I haven’t been around .50′s for years, but as I recall, that is just not a simple thing to make happen.

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