Comments on: Duplex Powder Loading Causes Catastrophic AR15 Kaboom

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:17:42 +0000

Cases cleaned by basic ultra-sonic methods don’t come out “shiny” as with other methods . That doesn’t mean the case isn’t clean ; inside and out . Just not shiny brass . And shiny brass may not be the best for some semi-auto feed rifles . Shiny brass in some rifles raises the incidences of mis-feeds and malfunctions . Clean is required ; but shiny isn’t .

As for the accident ; just goes to prove that anyone can make a mistake while loading / re-loading . Whether commercial outlet or individual . Stuff happens . Which is why we should always check , check again . And recheck our powder as we set-up , through the process , and as this example shows ….Check the hopper before filling it . TWICE !

By: aziz

aziz — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:46:03 +0000

ooops …. sorry for the redundant post… just noticed my question was already asked by another reader and answered by the editor.

By: aziz

aziz — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:43:32 +0000

“It has been reported that these were commercial .223 Rem reloads.”

I don’t understand this…. you either have reloads or you purchase commercially manufactured ammo. What are “commercial reloads”? How do they differ from commercially manufactured ammo?

By: JV

JV — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:53:02 +0000

It’s not that hard to understand, Brigo. Fishy? You may just not understand.

By: Brigo50

Brigo50 — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:17:03 +0000

How did the charging handle come back and smack him in the face? Sitting here with my Armalite AR10 trying to figure the logistics of that out.
this is all pretty fishy.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:59:36 +0000

I was squadded with the 3 Gun match director the other night at our weekly IDPA match. He says that the manufacturer of the ammunition goofed, and has admitted the mistake and compensated the shooter for all the equipment that was damaged. Good to see a company take responsibility and cover the losses incurred by the users or their ammo. He did say that it made a heck of a bang when it happened.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:00:18 +0000

Did you NOT read the article?! COMMERCIAL RELOADED .223- Seems this guy is NOT at fault but the ammo company owes the guy a new AR!

By: Tucson Shooter

Tucson Shooter — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:41:41 +0000

Shooters in Tucson AZ beware….. this ammo was manufactured by Slash K guns in Tucson Az!

By: SPClark

SPClark — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:34:41 +0000

OK, I admit I didn’t read the part about “… commercial reloads.” Sorry for the lapse.

As to the appearance of those unfired rounds: maybe they’d been in the magazine at the time of the ka-BOOM? I’d be reluctant to trust any ammo from a source that would sell cartridges looking like those.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:30:33 +0000

“It has been reported that these were commercial .223 Rem reloads”

What does this mean?

Editor: Mike, it simply means that the ammo was produced by a business that sells .223 Rem reloads. There are quite a few such enterprises. Looking at the cases on the bench, I would suspect this ammo was produced by one of the smaller outfits. Bigger makers of re-manufactured ammo generally tumble the cases so they appear more shiney.