How and why Guns explode.

[sdmark777]

I watched Scott's video and then Ian's. Very sobering indeed. I have a Inglis 1943 BOYS rifle rebarreled to .50 BMG postwar. I used to shoot old 1950's ball ammo I got cheap, but these rounds had been around and probably not kept under the best conditions. Some of these rounds fail to fire, but I never got any hot loads out of them as best I know. Still have a few of those rounds. I have some old 1970's (I think), Brazilian AP that never gave me any problems. After seeing this, I don't think I will be putting anything but my factory fresh PMC and Federal ball through the boys. I don't want to risk what Scott went through and my BOYS is a nice collectible piece of history which can't be easily replaced. I now appreciate more than ever the BOYS design, specifically the offset of the sights to the left of center. In the event of a catastrophic failure only your shoulder is directly in line with the bolt and the shoulder is shielded by the shoulder piece. Also, I feel much better about the BOYS two locking lugs at the front of the bolt and the third lug bolt handle, than just having a screw on cap like Scott's rifle. I know the threads are engineered to handle great pressure, but bolt lugs put a lot more steel against steel I think. A couple pics to show what I mean. I will start another thread to share more pics of the BOYS rifle.