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50 bmg Kaboom
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Closing the bolt with the hammer is being disputed. Some say they saw it others are saying no way he used a hammer. It is hard to find good info about the 50 kabooms. People don't like to talk about it.
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those guys at calguns.net are pretty ruthless! I just wasted 10 minutes of my live that I'll never get back reading the garbage those guys posted about the poor guy. Everyone is a smart@ss when hindsight kicks in. Jesus.
I guess it's called 'monday night quarterbacking'
I guess it's called 'monday night quarterbacking'
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![[shocked]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/007.gif "Shocked [shocked]")
I do not know about closing, but I know a buddies grizzly .50 had a hard time opening the bolt after shooting it.
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Are there any actual updates in there or just carping? I would like to know what happened to the guy. And what really caused it since he does appear to be a reloader (who else marks the grains of powder on their brass....)
ETA: On second look, those may have been OAL sizes as well.
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Wow, I hope this isn;t because of a BOHICA defect.
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there hasn't been a good reply yet from anyone directly involved that has any substance to it.
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Thanks. That means pages 1-24 are just carping. I will check page 25 on from here. Thanks.
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If you look at the pictures it looks like case head separation.
Trying to force a bolt closed is insanity. Especially if he was using a hammer.
However, this does reinforce the fact that I will always check the bolt face manually to ensure that the firing pin is retracted. This incident is rare but does happen - an ALS Windrunner had the same problem at a match last year with the same sort of result.
However, this does reinforce the fact that I will always check the bolt face manually to ensure that the firing pin is retracted. This incident is rare but does happen - an ALS Windrunner had the same problem at a match last year with the same sort of result.
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You talking about the one at the 2009 fcsa nationals?
![[thinking]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/010.gif "Thinking [thinking]")
I don't really get this. You could be injured by any rifle of significant power, a .50 isn't special in that regard.
Hint: This was "only" an M1A KBing....
http://www.thegunzone.com/m1akb.html
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Great read - thanks... Something to keep in mind with both used firearms and deciding what to pay for parts/guns - you get what you pay for...
BTW - after you look at the pics - skip to the analysis of the barrel as the ultimate "cause" of the KB - poor metallurgical quality control on a "commercial" barrel of evidently unknown origin.
http://www.thegunzone.com/m1akb/762r.html
Really? There's one in mine, and I've used it. Not to close a bolt, but I've used it.
If for some reason you come into posession of one, I'll gladly take it off your hands.
