RossEM Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Picture reposted from Bozard & Co's facebook page. According to them, this was not the result of loading a 20 bore cartridge by accident, rather a weakness or flaw in the barrel. Ironically the owner is a left hander, therefore mostly got away with it - talk about lucky Edited October 2, 2014 by Teal Copyrighted photograph removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Should have bought a Baikal. Edited September 30, 2014 by Scully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossEM Posted September 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Or an Escort. Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remimax Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 nasty, has the owner got any fingers left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossEM Posted September 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yes, he's left handed apparently so no serious injuries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 should be able to weld that up.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Couple of jubilee clips'll sort that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorismyhero Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 exhaust paste and bandage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Been very lucky as by that a right handed would now be a one hander and lost a chunk of forearm too. Nasty for it to peel open like that in the forcing cone. Not been putting HP steel through it has he or had a wad stuck in the barrel then fired another cart? Figgy Edited September 30, 2014 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Very odd.... Especially for it not to be a 20 in the chamber... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett1985 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 **** me. Lucky guy to walk away from that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraivi Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Must have been one of the new Hatsan made beretta barrels..... ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 It doesn't have to be a 20 gauge shell accident, any obstruction could lead to this sort of thing. I'd want to see a professional assessment before writing it off as a barrel flaw - that would surely have shown up when they're proof fired with loads well in excess of their intended use ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 It doesn't have to be a 20 gauge shell accident, any obstruction could lead to this sort of thing. I'd want to see a professional assessment before writing it off as a barrel flaw - that would surely have shown up when they're proof fired with loads well in excess of their intended use ?! Plus 1 highly unlikely to get through a proof test with out there being an indication. Has it been sent for inspection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriBsa Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 If you look at the right hand side of the burst, it looks like it's a 90 degree cut almost across the barrel. Could it have been a machining error? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 That's a blockage, it might well have not been a 20 ga shell but my bet is on a stuck wad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Does it look as though there could be 2 ring bulges before it finally let go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westward Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Perfect tear right at the end of the forcing cone and they claim it's a faulty barrel... If I were a betting man my money would be on a blockage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Perfect tear right at the end of the forcing cone and they claim it's a faulty barrel... If I were a betting man my money would be on a blockage. The weak point in any structure is where there is an acute change in direction hence all bends/machining having the appropriate radius. A manufacturing fault/material flaw coupled to repeated stress is a possibility. But surely, odds on are it was a blockage. Edit: Missing word added. Edited October 1, 2014 by wymberley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 I struggle with any barrel flaw suggestion looking at that. My money is very much on some barrel obstruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casts_by_fly Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Top barrel looks fine. Raise the rib and call it a trap gun... rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggysreels Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 So much for, as l've fequently read on PW, "Beretta, the Mercedes Benz of the gun world" ... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo33 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Yup, with the others on this one, would bet on it being a blockage. It just looks like a catastrophic build up of gas that had no where to go but sideways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesP Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Perhaps the unfortunate owner had been reading the suggestion in "Pull" magazine (so I'm told) that one should leave a wad of kitchen towel in the chambers to soak up surplus oil. I, like so many others, simply cannot see that a "flaw" in the tubes would survive manufacture, finishing, blueing, quality control, and of course proof. I also have difficulty believing that a flawed tube without a blockage would burst like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 i`ve only done that one with tissue, then realised how silly it is. i just run a dry kitchen towel down, only needs one sheet to do a gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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