Black Rifle Blow-Ups — The Kaboom Collection
This shocking photo of destroyed AR-15 bits and pieces was posted on Facebook by William Walter, a firearms instructor. William said this was “The worst AR-15 blow-up I have ever seen. The case head literally atomized …you can see the brass residue on the parts. The bolt was split in two also.”
There’s nothing inherently wrong with AR-platform rifles (well, except that they run dirty). Over the past six decades Eugene Stoner’s semi-automatic design has proven its merits in military and civilian applications. You may not know, but the original AR from 1955 was a .30-caliber. The Armalite AR-10 shot the 7.62×51 cartridge. Later, at the request of the U.S. Military, Armalite created a smaller version that became the M16/AR15. The rest was history. Now there are millions of AR “black rifles” in the hands of soldiers and sportsmen.
With so many ARs in circulation, it’s no surprise that some get used by folks who don’t know how to hand-load or otherwise fail to follow safe gun practices. The AR is actually a pretty sturdy rifle, but when it’s fed bad ammo, or abused, bad things can happen. Very bad things… commonly known as Kabooms.
The American Shooting Journal (ASJ) has compiled a set of particularly extreme AR Kabooms. Compiling the “evidence” from various web sites, ASJ has published nine (9) of the most Unbelievable AR-15 Fails. Here are two of the worst “AR-15 Fails”. CLICK HERE to see them all.
Nothing but busted parts after this catastrophic Kaboom…
Notice the bolt is still stuck in the barrel extension … with the rest of the gun in pieces.
Another view of this sad blow-up…
These catastrophic AR failures are eye-openers, that’s for sure. ASJ cautions: “Any weapon can fail if given the wrong ammunition, faulty reloads or a plugged barrel. Always be aware of what can happen at anytime if you fail to follow common sense and gun safety rules.”
ASJ Sources: Photobucket, Armory Blog, Pinterest, Northeastern Arms, Eric Nestor
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Tags: AR-15, AR15, Black Rifle, Injury, Kaboom, obstructed barrel, Receiver, split barrel
Never witnessed any kaboom with an AK or an SVD…
Wow – quite a collection of junk! It pays to pause and be cautious with guns/reloads whenever something isn’t quite working the way you think it should.
The double charge of powder should never be possible if one is using the proper burn rate powder and getting the desired near 100% case capacity.
You can add the SKS to that list , Bo Guss . Double-charge ? Had to be a completely WRONG powder . I’ve taught a friend to load for his AR , and 23-25gr is a 92-98% case-fill load of Benchmark . Wonder what they put in that case ?
The text on the image did not say, “Double charge”. It says, “Duplex powder charge”. They are not the same things. A duplex charge means a charge that consists of two different powders. The .454 Casull was originally loaded with duplex and triplex charges, two or three different powders.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/where-can-i-find-information-on-the-voodo-of-duplex-triplex-loads.110435/
http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/showthread.php/29452-454-Casull-triplex-loads
How one would put two different powders in the same .223 case is beyond me.