Shocking Video: M1 Garand Explodes in Woman’s Hands (Squib?)
Here’s a shocking video showing a massive Kaboom (KB) that literally destroyed an M1 Garand in the hands of a lady shooter. One second she has a classic .30-06 battle rifle in her arms, and the next second she has nothing but a pile of parts. She is fortunate to have survived this incident without apparent serious injury. She may have had a squib (undercharged round) in her prior shot at the 00:12 time-mark. At 00:15 it seems she may have experienced “click no bang” (we can’t tell for sure). The detonation occurs at time-mark 00:25, and is then replayed in slow-motion.
If this Kaboom wasn’t caused by a squib, there might have been a catastrophic failure of the cartridge that failed to fire at 00:15. The shooter herself, posting as ArizonaGirl24 on YouTube, thinks the gun may have fired out of battery. What do you think?
Text accompanying the posting of this video on LiveLeak, states: “A woman, her shooting partner, and their cameraperson are lucky to be alive. Her M1 Garand detonated after she failed to check the barrel for an obstruction due to an apparent squib round….
[After the shot at 00:12] she is obviously aware that something is amiss and seems to check the chamber, but does not unload the rifle to check for the presence of a barrel obstruction.
She raises the rifle and fires it again, causing a catastrophic weapon failure. Parts of the weapon fly in all directions. The video then terminates.”
What happened to the shooter? She reported: “I was very lucky with the outcome. I have lots of splinters and bruising, but nothing broken. My left hand took the brunt of the blow to my wrist and palm of my hand. Still pretty painful, but I will be fine.”
Video tip from Mark LaFevers. We welcome reader submissions.LESSON ONE: If you experience any kind of malfunction, or what appears to be a light-recoiling (or soft-sounding) shot, you should STOP shooting immediately. Clear the firearm and check for barrel obstructions.
LESSON TWO: Always wear ear and eye protection when shooting any firearm, even rimfires.
LESSON THREE: With a semi-auto gun, ensure the bolt is completely in battery after every shot.
LESSON FOUR: When hand-loading check EVERY round for powder charges prior to seating bullets, and weigh your loaded rounds before boxing them. Also check for high primers on EVERY round. If using a progressive press, use a Lock-Out Die that will alert you to any under-loaded cartridge. Be wary of commercial reloads.
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if you scroll thro frame by frame you will see her eject a case or round by hand. Not enough power from round to cycle action. Bullet in bore seems logical. Ejected case
or barrel inspection will hold answer.
holy crap. you just never can be to safe or observant.
The original video was posted to youtube by the lady who experienced the unfortunate accident two years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn0KBzK2Kho
She also posted comments about what happened. She is indicating an Out of Battery discharge.. she also mentioned “I have lots of splinters and bruising, but nothing broken. My left hand took the brunt of the blow to my wrist and palm of my hand. Still pretty painful, but I will be fine. ”
As you can imagine there was a pretty lengthy discussion about this video on the CMP forums when this occurred.
Never shoot ammunition that is older than you are!
My cousin had just got a minty springfield and the same thing happened , injuring him and stuff blew all over me. I went through his ammo only to find one other high primer. It went off out of battery so when using hand loads take extra time to make them right and seat your primers deep. The cmp replaced it with a near new H&R.
Watch the recoil of each shot of each shooter. No recoil, forward flinch, extract shell case, fire behind cartridge with dead or(probably) no powder. Out of battery would cause damage, but not this level. Bullet stuck in barrel equals mini-hand grenade. Lucky gal.