(UPDATE) AND YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD A BAD DAY. BOOM

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HOW ABOUT THIS? NO INJURIES.

CAUSE? OUT OF BATTERY DETONATION.

HOW? TRIPLE CHARGED ROUND (SUSPECTED)WITH A PROTRUDING PRIMER.

WHEN TAKEN APART IT CLEARLY SHOWED THE PRIMER WAS PUSHED DOWN FROM THE TOP BY THE HAMMER RIB. AS THE ROUND WAS SLIDING UP UNDER THE EXTRACTOR. THIS SET OFF THE PRIMER. BOOM ! TRIPLE CHARGED IS SUSPECTED DUE TO SEVERAL PULLED ROUNDS HAVE 8+ GR OF BULLSEYE IN THEM. PLENTY OF ROUNDS WITH PRIMERS NOT PROPERLY SEATED. A PERFECT STORM. COMBINATIONS OF ALL THE ABOVE ITEMS.

HOW? A LONG TIME SHOOTER WHO ALWAYS LOADED WITH A SINGLE STAGE PRESS. HE SWITCHED TO A DILLON 550. THESE WERE IN HIS FIRST COUPLE HUNDRED ROUNDS OR SO HE LOADED. HE STATED HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SEATING THE PRIMERS.  KNEW IT WAS HIS FAULT. A REAL GENTLEMAN.

LESSON? IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANY OF US. ANY OF US
DAMAGE? EGO A BUT BRUISED. GUN HAS A BULGED FRAME AND SLIDE.

UPDATE
FURTHER DISCOVERED THE FOLLOWING. THE PROBLEM WITH THE PRESS WAS CAUSED BY THE FOLLOWING NEW PRIMERS.

WINCHESTER USA READY MATCH GRADE PRIMERS RED PACKAGE

THEY WOULD NOT FEED FROM THE TUBE TO THE PRIMER SLIDE. SWITCHING TO OLD WINCHESTER, FEDERAL, CCI AND THE PRESS WORKS PERFECTLY.

When I was engineering airplanes for a living, we had to design to prevent human error.  Whether it was an error of the pilot, the aircraft mechanics, or the ramp service personnel.  It was a never-ending task.    And their ingenuity in circumventing procedures, instructions, and protocols was legendary.

You are assuming , of course, that people read warning labels, or instruction manuals.....Darwin says, the ones that survive do! Or at least they have a minuscule amount of common sense, or they just got lucky this time!
“Pointing this loaded gun at your head and pulling the trigger may be dangerous to your health.”

Wobbley wrote:When I was engineering airplanes for a living, we had to design to prevent human error.  Whether it was an error of the pilot, the aircraft mechanics, or the ramp service personnel.  It was a never-ending task.    And their ingenuity in circumventing procedures, instructions, and protocols was legendary.

Amen.

I have to write policy and procedures to anticipate all of that. I also do forensics when things go wrong and have a knack for knowing where the rake was placed at. "Oh, just one more thing..."

On a good note, at my operation we are good at replacing slices of Swiss cheese with solid cheddar slices or adding more Swiss cheese slices.