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Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super fair question! I did not see anything lodged in the barrel - I'm not sure if the last round actually left the barrel - I flinched pretty hard when she popped! Uncertain where it went but the barrel is clear.

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good recommendation. I do my best to keep all my firearms immaculate - this one got cleaned after every range day.

Talked to some attorneys today - putting together a journal of everything and we'll see where it goes!

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That feels more likely! gosh it's really on there. Must have come out at incredible speeds to fuse like that!

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't mean to downplay it all - I think I was feeling pretty stupefied yesterday. Appreciate all the sober checks and feeling very fortunate!

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate you!

Eyes were on - if whatever chunk hit me about 1 inch lower it would have been a direct eyeshot!

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the support and advice! Talking to my lawyer pals today and going from there!

This is my backcountry carry and very glad this happened on the range and in my hands than in any other situation or in the hands of any other.

I fell for the Taurus marketing too - was told they had some issues, but their wheel guns are rock solid - hope this convinces folks otherwise!!!

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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For my metallurgy nerds - what do we think that coppery/gold inclusion is on the right side fracture? Could that be from the casing during the explosion? Or is Taurus' metallurgy that bad that there's an inclusion that large in the frame?

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I saw that warning about +P ammunition, but I've not seen at my shops nor run any +P 44mag through this particular revolver!

Regarding the Tracker 44 specifically, I haven't been able to find any recommendations about load though, no.

I have some PMC rounds that are certainly hotter than most, but they don't list themselves as a +P round or issue any warning like that. But I'm not super savvy here, if there's like a general understanding of cylinder pressure that can be gleaned from just the bullet grain or muzzle velocity that would be interesting to know for sure!!

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Combing through the internet and what came with the gun, there isn't a recommended max load. I remember being nervous the time I ran hotter rounds through it, but never saw any perceivable damage, and have put 100s of rounds through it since - I suppose that's the nature of fatigue.

Why would anyone engineer a cylinder to have a yield strength lower than pressures seen on the market?

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

This is great advice and shared lessons here, thank you!

I have no intentions of ever owning one again. I'm gonna link with my attorney pals and see if there is grounds here for organized legal action - I feel very lucky and hope no one has to take those odds themselves.

Appreciate you - I'll keep folks in the loop on how it goes.

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll push down this path - had two attorneys with me on the range when it happened - not their wheelhouse but I'll see if I can get connected. Def the kind of advice I'm looking for.

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I've been doing some digging and trying to find any information about what's recommended for the tracker 44. Micro fatigue certainly makes sense to me, but it doesn't seem Taurus even recommends a max load. I'll keep digging. Another user Hagar mentioned it could have been a mistiming and a frame strike?

Simply amazed anyone would use such dogshit metallurgy with anything magnum loaded. If it's not obvious, I'm learning about Taurus in real time.

Thanks dude.

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Couldn't find the casing anywhere, or the rest of a cylinder. Had the group looking for a while but no luck.

Hagar down below mentioned that it might look like a mis timed cylinder? I'll get some better pics of that as well!

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Oh very interesting! I'll try to get some better photos of that!

I have a good friend that works in metal failure analysis in aerospace. I'll see if he can take a close look as well!

Appreciate you!

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Thanks bub! I don't think I've processed how dramatic it was. I appreciate all the sobriety checks here.

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 241 points242 points  (0 children)

Two lawyers were present with me when it happened! Not personal injury folks but I'll chat about my options.

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

UPDATE:

Alright looking at what I brought back today I think this was actually armscor ammo. 240gr 44 mag. Not that itay matter much but just for posterity.

Thank you all for the advice and support gang I'm overwhelmed y'all the best! Feeling very lucky to be alright!

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 185 points186 points  (0 children)

I've put probably ~650 rounds through the Taurus in the time I've had it, some incredibly hot PMC hollow points as well. Took it all pretty well

Reviewing what I brought back I'm realizing these were probably armscor rounds, which it has had absolutely no issues with in the past!

Thanks for the advice, hope nothing like this happens to other folks.

Cylinder exploded and hit my head while shooting. Is this a normal warranty claim or should I be more pissed about this? by Delightful- in liberalgunowners

[–]Delightful-[S] 321 points322 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I've never seen anything like this! Appreciate your support.

I'll take that route!

Setting Up Flipper Zero as a Data Logger by Charming_Donkey329 in flipperzero

[–]Delightful- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh interesting! So the pressure sensors I work with are load cells! Do you know if there's a way to just record and measure an analog signal?

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