bigbulls, I agree this guy should have enough smarts to check his ammunition.I guess he assumed the store gave him the correct ammo since they just sold him the rifle.That was his first mistake. Never assume anything.I was shooting several benches down when this gun came apart.I don' t know if he kept trying to fire it or it went off the first time.Needless to say there was allot of commotion over this.The guy was more shaken then hurt.I' m sure he learned a lesson, he might not be as lucky the next time.When I' m going to shoot different rifles I only put that one rifle on the bench and one ammuntion.When I' m finished shooting that rifle I put everything away and then bring the other stuff out.
There was another incident when I worked at a gun shop. A regular customer brought in a S&W model 29.He had loaded up some 44 mags.Somehow he misread the loading data.I think the somehow was being under the influence of something.Many times he' d come in the store doped up.He said the first shot surprised him how hot it was.It actually hurt his hand. The dummy took another shot and from the cylinder forward it came apart.I saw this gun. We sent it back to S&W for him.I can' t remember what it costed him,but Smith replaced his gun with a new one with the same S/N.I would never have believed a Smith would come part like it did if I hadn' t seen it.You can never be to careful. One little mistake can change your life or others in a matter of a split second.If you handload give it your fullest attention.
Ruger Redhawk