Can you shed some light on this?

FrancF

November 21, 2004 15:02

http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=133643







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  TRAP55

  November 21, 2004 15:33

  Jeeezus Franc! WTH caused that? I've seen some blow-ups before, but nothing that split a barrel like that. Any casualties?
  
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  FrancF

  November 21, 2004 15:41

  Dave, Still trying to figure out if there is a recall, or its a hoax.
  But what I have read the guy is in bad shape.
  http://www.accuratereloading.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=834230&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=21&fpart=1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  nononsense

  November 21, 2004 15:41

  FrancF,
  
  This is NOT a hoax.
  
  This was covered in a couple of other threads earlier. But the synopsis of the problem is this:
  
  Beretta has recalled all of the rifles in this particular stainless run. They have determined that it was a defective batch of stainless that was the cause of these failures. If you have a stainless Tikka T3 or a Sako 75, read this thread and use the 800 number to find out if your rifle has been recalled.
  
  http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=130613
  
  The thing that bothers me is the lack of upfront information that Beretta has displayed. It appears that they want the minimum amount of information let out. And please, I know that they want to minimize any bad press but if someone dies, they won't have a choice and then they will look real bad! I found two of these rifles at a local shop and the owner didn't even know about the recall or the failures. I got the 800 number for him and one of the rifles was part of the recall... anyway...
  
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  heavyiron

  November 21, 2004 15:42

  This is very interesting and was on this forum several weeks ago.
  
  I don't think anything short of a quarter stick of dynanmite would do something like this. This is more than just an overload of powder. If there was a double charge just the chamber area would blow a chunk of steel and the rest would vent out the barrel. But on this gun the whole barrel split like a bananna peel, but not just the barrel, the receiver and the cartridge case with it. The fact that the cartridge case is still intact but split like a bananna the same fashion as the barrel might mean that the chamber could not contain even the normal "spec" pressure for the cartridge. If the cartridge would have been overloaded there would be nothing left as it would have exploded and left the rifle or at least that part where the barrel blew out.
  
  This looks like a steel failure as the barrel and receiver failed simultaneously along parallel lines the entire length of the barrel. This might indicate total failure the entire length of the barrel from a SAMMI spec load. It appears that the whole barrel was ripped apart as the pressure wave moved through the barrel from the chamber to the crown. Looks like a bad lot of stainless steel that was maybe two brittle and shattered along a score line like the groove in the bore.
  
  Just my guess or something else.
  
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  Heavyiron
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  FrancF

  November 21, 2004 15:44

  Sorry guys I did not see the post- my mistake
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  captkirk3@dslextreme.com

  November 21, 2004 16:40

  I agree with HEAVYIRON's assessment....Hope the Shooter survived..!
  
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