44 Magnum Accident

[barfife]

Don't know the particulars but I thought it worth sharing.

44 Magnum Accident


First it was baby formula, then pet food, but now you should Watch out when buying anything from China, including bright, shiny ammunition.

A guy came into the police department the other day to ask a favor. He had a S&W 629 (.44 Mag) that he wanted to dispose of after a mishap at the range.

He said there was a loud bang when he tested his new ammo (Chinese made), and the gun smacked him in the forehead, leaving a nice gash.

When the tweety birds cleared from around his head, the pictures show what he saw.

Bet he never uses Chinese made ammo again!


Looks like when the round in the chamber went off, It also set off at least two other rounds in adjacent cylinders.

I would have hated to been the one that pulled the trigger on that one!




A really good reason for not buying cheap ammunition!!


Or anything from China!


They are proving this statement to be true. You get what you pay for.

[monkeybird]

I purchased some 380 ammo from walmart and later noted it was made in China. The ammo was for practice only and I bought the cheapest I could find. I kept having misfires.

My instructor told me this happens frequently with ammo from China.

[VINCENT]

do a google search on this, its a hoax. it was someones reloads that they accidentally managed to double load. not china ammo. this hapens all the time when people dont pay attention to what they are doing.

[Karen]

Has anyone here ever had a problem with ammo that was made in China? My husband had a problem a few months ago, when shooting our nephew's gun, but it was the result of bad reloads.

[barfife]

do a google search on this, its a hoax. it was someones reloads that they accidentally managed to double load. not china ammo. this hapens all the time when people dont pay attention to what they are doing.

Again, I said that I didn't know the particulars.....but the pictures were scary and worth seeing!

[Bull]

Hoax or not, ammo is not the place to go cheap. Or at least not that cheap. I definitely wouldn't be shooting ammo from China. If you do a bit of research on some of the good gun websites out there, you can find out which inexpensive ammo is worth the savings.

[Grinnan Barrett]

back in 80s when Jai Ling was running China Sports the quality of Chinese ammo was very high. today I trust very little made in China.

[Elza]

Wow! A Smith 629 'break top' :p

[Grand58742]

Not to stray too far from the OP, but be sure to check some of the surplus as well. I had some serious issues with some Indian surplus 7.62x51mm last summer (or summer of 09, can't recall...anyway, not important). Out of a bag of 40, I had two misfires and one which the primer popped right out of the round after firing. I took the remaining 20, pulled the bullets, dumped the powder and soaked the brass in water to kill the primers (I think they are still submerged even now lol)

I saw the reports about the bad Indian stuff, but figured for twenty cents a shot, I’d give it a try. Mistake on my part. Sometimes you shouldn’t go cheap on ammo or at least listen to the online reviews a little better.

The only foreign ammo I generally trust is from name brand distributors (Wolf, Tula, S&B, Aguila, etc) or from reliable military stocks (NATO, Lake City, South African, former Warsaw Pact, etc). I tend to shy away from Middle Eastern, Indian, Third World or the likes when it comes to surplus. Sure I’m picky, but like has been said, you get what you pay for.

[rice paddy daddy]

I've still got almost 1,000 rounds of Chinese military 7.62X39 that was made in 1967. It's my rainy day ammo. Works just fine.
Remember when a 1,000 round wood box that had two spam cans inside cost $79? Those were the days.

[VINCENT]

I've still got almost 1,000 rounds of Chinese military 7.62X39 that was made in 1967. It's my rainy day ammo. Works just fine.
Remember when a 1,000 round wood box that had two spam cans inside cost $79? Those were the days.

i was just thinking, the ammo china made and supplied to the viet cong seem far to reliable. and there is surplus of that availabe. you just proved it.

[rice paddy daddy]

i was just thinking, the ammo china made and supplied to the viet cong seem far to reliable. and there is surplus of that availabe. you just proved it.

Unforunately, Pres. Clinton banned the import of Chinese military surplus ammo. I think it's steel core, or something. The rounds I have leave a lot of soot in the rifle, so I've just got it stored away.