On 2011-01-13, Ignoramus2894 wrote:
On 2011-01-13, wrote:

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Here's one with the full Fudd treatment:
http://www.thegunzone.com/kablooey.html
Little matter of leaving the boresighter in while touching one off...

I wonder why the barrel split in a flower like form, instead of in
some other form or disintegrating.

It probably split along the lines of the rifling, which would
have produced stress risers under that serious overpressure down at the
skinny end of the barrel.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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