50 cal exploded.

[bermise]

His prior training and his fathers quick thinking is what saved his life. Was in the vehicle and on the way to the hospital in less than 60 seconds after it happened. He plugged the hole with his fingers and crimped his neck to slow bleeding. Impressive

[canny]

So what’s the takeaway from this? Did he fire the wrong round out of the gun? Crappy to hot reload?

Very hot load.

[Hardware]

The SLAP round he mentions blowing up in the gun is meant for an M2 machine gun not shoulder fired rifle. They’re meant to punch through light armor and be an anti-material round. They only come linked and if you buy one individually it has been delinked from a belt.

[Rubberdown]

Oh. I suppose that’s why I only shoot factory loads from the box or stuff I loaded personally. That looks like it sucked hard.

[MisterB]

That’s scary right there.