Re: Out of battery detonation!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: dgunn</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C.K</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Last year this happened
I would like to thank everyone who contacted me about my experience last week, your thoughts were very appreciated.
In case you didn't hear already, I had a round go off as I closed the bolt on my ALS. I am badly injured and it's going to be tough going for a while. As I prepared to fire the ninth shot of the day the round went off in my face. I usually push my glasses up to dust off and inspect the round as it goes from the AstroTurf mat to the chamber, I think the glasses were still above my eyes at the time.
When the bolt flew back it hit my thumb, breaking off both, the handle and the thumb. I received 3rd degree burns on my hand and a couple dozen pieces of metal shrapnel.
The bolt then hit the stock. The threaded ring on the lower receiver for the buffer tube and stock disintegrated, sending a 1" long piece of metal into my right eye, exploding it.
The broken stock drove into my right shoulder and chest. I have a 6" long wound between the armpit and the nipple. When it first happened the skin was so stretched and the hole so big I could have put my whole fist into it. I looked down into the hole and saw all kind of body parts I shouldn't have been seeing. I also noticed that the yellow fat bodies were way too numerous.
I ran to the truck, drove around but couldn't find anyone. I didn't have a cell signal so I decided to drive home. It took about 15 minutes to off road it through the desert. I was starting to lose consciousness by the time I hit the pavement. I didn't see anyone so I drove the last mile home. I called 911, locked my dogs and handgun in the house and sat on the front porch and waited.
The operator kept me awake while I waited, my left eye vision had narrowed to almost nothing. I don't know how much blood I lost but there are dried pools on the seat and floor in my truck waiting for me to feel better.
Now the bad part, all the things that are going to cost lots of money. I have some health insurance, but Nevada doesn't have disability insurance like most states. I had an ambulance ride, an ER visit, a helicopter ride, a half a day in the trauma center, MRIs, xrays and other tests, two surgeries, three nights in the hospital. I still need surgeries on my eye and my hand, with months of follow up appts.
I've been over all the possibilities that I could come up with as to a cause. The only thing that is making sense is the firing pin hitting the primer. For this to have caused it to go off as I pushed on the bolt I think the primer was defective.
If you have a way of doing it, how about some of you check primer sensitivity for me. Let me know if there is any variance in force needed for ignition.
I've ordered a new ALS receiver, I still think it's the best made. I just need to practice left handed shooting when I'm feeling better. </div></div>
holy shiiiittttttt.....glad you are alive there man. </div></div>
I should of wrote the first sentence a little differently. Just to clear things up, this didn't happen to me. I remembered his post on the fcsa web site and posted it here so everybody could read what can happen when things go bad with a round this size. For the record I would never buy a ar15 chassis BMG ever. I own a Windrunner and a custom built on a BAT action, are these better built?? I don't know, I can say for sure I never want to find out.
