M1A Kaboom

Apparently a guy was out sighting in his M1A rifle and suffered a catastrophic kaboom. He survived with a little blood loss and got to keep all of his fingers, luckily, but the rifle is a total loss.

Go read the whole thing, I recommend it, but long story short, it appears the barrel was made with substandard steel, improperly heat treated, and it just gave way after cracks in the barrel got big enough so it could no longer take the pressure.

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