http://myfox8.com/2017/09/20/m...ing-target-practice/

SANPETE COUNTY, Utah -- When the gun Jared Young was holding exploded in his hands, he automatically expected the worst.

"I took my shirt and covered it. I didn't even want to look," Young told KSTU.

"I thought for sure I was going to have to pick up fingers," Young's friend, Courtney Crane added.

The two were target shooting in Sanpete County, Utah over the weekend. Crane was recording video on a cellphone in one hand and holding a spotting scope in the other.

The video, posted to Facebook, has been viewed over 13 million times in 48 hours.

"I hear bang, and I'm like, 'Dude, you're not even close,'" Crane said when he didn't see the target move 200 yards away. "When I look up, he's gone and the gun is backward and I'm like, 'Oh no.'"

Young needed 27 stitches. A hand specialist planned to do surgery on his nerves on Wednesday morning, but he believes Young will regain full use of his hand.

In the aftermath, Young is still trying to figure out exactly what went wrong.

"There was probably one last thing we didn't do," Young admits. "Even though this is clean, is there any debris in the barrel, anything blocking it?"

Young told KSTU he had the barrel cleaned by a gunsmith, but admits he should have been more careful before firing his first round of the season.

"We made assumptions," he told KSTU. "I won't make those assumptions again. I'll always double-check."

Yeah, that's an 'ooops' moment that will fill any man's shorts.

H&K-Guy

Ouch! that looks painful.

WTF?!?! Who has their barrel "cleaned by a gunsmith?"

If you can't clean and lube it, you shouldn't be shooting it.

"... rifle was a muzzle loader ..."?

Guarantee, that boy didn't seat the projectile properly... space between the charge and projectile = Pipe-bomb.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
WTF?!?! Who has their barrel "cleaned by a gunsmith?"

If you can't clean and lube it, you shouldn't be shooting it.

He likely had taken the rifle to a smith for some other purpose, and the smith cleaned the barrel as part of his standard service.

Might have left the ram rod in it, or maybe loaded it with "Bullseye" powder since he was target shooting.



Hardly anything surprises me any more.

In the video he says it's possible that he left powder and a bullet in the barrel from last season. So what is it? Saying a gunsmith cleaned it was probably a lie, but whatever. Glad he didn't lose any fingers.

I know nothing about muzzle loaders...don't own any, don't shoot them...so please for give my ignorance, but isn't that a bolt action rifle in the vid?

Not an expert, but swear the rifle is a bolt action. It seems to load projectile, charges and primer. So mo ram rod and it would be very easy to check for obstructions.
Maybe too much powder?

Last time I shot a muzzleloader they were current technology (and very straight-forward). That rifle had a bolt and stuff.

If I'm not mistaken Remington makes a muzzle loader based on the 700 action that can be used with smokeless powder...it uses a trimmed down primed rifle case for ignition...it's only proofed for a narrow range of smokeless powders...my guess is a double charge...but using the wrong powder could have devastating results...

Somehow it seems wrong to use a bolt action muzzle loading rifle...but that's just me.

EDIT...I was wrong...it was Savage not Remington that could use smokeless powder...Remington makes the 700 muzzle loader with the primed case ignition...

https://www.remington.com/rifl...ltimate-muzzleloader

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Originally posted by esdunbar:
I know nothing about muzzle loaders...don't own any, don't shoot them...so please for give my ignorance, but isn't that a bolt action rifle in the vid?

did not see vid,but I can tell you remington makes a bolt action muzzle loader,its for the primer that you cycle the bolt.
Damn fine gun,I have three of them.

Booooooowwwww

My guess would be incorrect powder or double charge

Mu guess is new shooter ,not familiar with firearms ,powder type or charge much less loading regiments.
probably never heard of clean shot ,f1 f2 f3 f4 black powder or the select substitute.
How in the hell did pioneers survive with only run of the mill black powder and flints.

Remington has been making muzzleloaders based on the Model 700 for at least 15 years. They have a ramrod. Here's a link to the current model:

https://www.budsgunshop.com/ca...oduct/93394/redirect

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Originally posted by BillyBonesNY:
Guarantee, that boy didn't seat the projectile properly... space between the charge and projectile = Pipe-bomb.

I was shooting today and was at my buddies house after bullshitting about reloading. These oversights are what scare me. I'm not the most OCD person in the world because I'm usually doing 15 things at once.

It looks like there is some sort of muzzle brake on the rifle and I didn't see the ramrod underneath the rifle just before the rifle blew up (he may have kept it off while shooting). Never known a muzzleloader to have a muzzle brake. Was this his first shot of the day?