The Rifle:
The Damage:
The Pain:
From the thread over at calguns:
I didn’t take pictures of the shooter out of respect for their privacy.. but his hands/arms were injured pretty badly. He was obviously in tremendous pain as he and his buddies waited quite a while for paramedics. Are paramedics/EMTs supposed to take their sweet time when walking onsite?
Anyhow.. I was told that the shooter(s) often times used a hammer to close the bolt. Feel sorry for the pain and damage the shooter had to endure.. but that’s the potential consequence of improper reloading and firearm use. (Source)
Judging by the pictures, there appears to be no damage forward of the chamber. It is probably an “out of battery discharge” meaning that the round somehow discharged before it was fully chambered. There appears to be some sort of damage 1/2 way down the buffer tube, but I assume that it is probably from the buffer spring or weight when the Kaboom happened.
As some of you know, I am not a huge fan of putting a .50 in the AR platform. I am not saying it can’t handle the recoil and doesn’t work flawlessly for lots of people. I just personally am not comfortable using a platform which was developed for a significantly lower powered round with such a beast.
The rifle is from BOHICA ARMS
Glock owners can rest easy tonight that the story wasn’t about one of us. Maybe we need some AR platform .50 pictures like THESE :P
Hat Tip: Ry’s Blog
