Maggie’s WTF- firing range catches on Fire??? Live leak video

[hermosabeach]

The shotgun shells look strange when fired
Lots of muzzle fire- lack of recoil

The end is crazy

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[2ndamendfan]

The no recoil is weird. something like this?

 

[Mwalex]

The no recoil is weird. something like this?

That is a great way to set the woods on fire.

 

[2ndamendfan]

That is a great way to set the woods on fire.

Or a police range it would appear.

 

[Basher]

I used to have a little Colt Junior .25ACP, and some sparks from muzzle flash set some powder on fire that had accumulated in the angle iron that was used for target runners. It was a super small little fire that burned itself out in about 15 seconds, but apparently it's not hard to do at an indoor range if conditions are correct. However, I'd say using dragon's breath rounds inside is... wait for it... playing with fire!

 

[buffalowinter]

I was shooting black powder cartridges at a SASS match over hay bales and set the bales on fire.

 

[Badfinger]

Looked like a huge accumulation of unburnt powder took off.

 

[bluebu70]

That looked like the Great White concert of ‘03.

 

[Mattrmvpd]

An indoor range fire like that happened at the Glock facility in Smyrna GA years ago. My buddy was there and died from injuries a couple days later.

 

[2ndamendfan]

That looked like the Great White concert of ‘03.

Fuck I am getting old. I would have bet you a $100 that was before 9/11 not 18 months after.

 

[Basher]

An indoor range fire like that happened at the Glock facility in Smyrna GA years ago. My buddy was there and died from injuries a couple days later.

Fire is one of my greatest fears, and would be an awful way to go. Sorry to hear that.

 

[Thumper580]

The shotgun shells look strange when fired
Lots of muzzle fire- lack of recoil

The end is crazy

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Geez.... was the place soaked in gasoline????????

 

[Spblademaker]

We’re they shooting at the Hindenburg Shooting Center??

 

[Spblademaker]

I wouldn’t be surprised if all that wood had just been recently refinished.

 

[Mattrmvpd]

It comes from sweeping the range. I ran a range for years. We would sweep it clean twice a day but there would always be a residue on the floor which required a wet wipe down.

Some ranges sweep and put brass in a buckets and those become a huge huge hazard due to the burnt and unburnt powder can still ignite in the right conditions.

It is extremely dangerous in the right/wrong setting.

As memory serves me the Glock Inc incident was from the collection barrel being full and it ignited injuring several and ultimately killing my friend. Just an unfortunate situation of events and the perfect storm.

Most likely in this video that wood flooring was collecting powder from cleaning and shooting. Just happened to be the right time and ignited. It is equivalent to being inside a fire bomb.

 

[1moaoff]

The lack of recoil makes me think alot of powder fell out of the barrel a d that's what caught fire