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Gun maker’s exploding rifle leaves trail of injured hunters
« on: December 05, 2017, 09:02:33 pm »
https://apnews.com/adbc910fa9064d4fbdeab57f5157d861/Gun-maker's-exploding-rifle-leaves-trail-of-injured-hunters

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It was the opening day of deer hunting season, and Ronald Hansen says he loaded his rifle the same way he had countless times before, aimed at a target and fired a shot.

This time, the gun barrel exploded, knocking the farmer from Hampton, Iowa, backward, severely damaging his right hand and ear and burning his face.

Unknown to Hansen, the manufacturer of the rifle that injured him in 2014 had received other complaints of explosions and injuries over the prior decade. Customers repeatedly reported that the barrel of the stainless steel 10 ML-II muzzleloader exploded, burst, split or cracked, according to thousands of court documents reviewed by The Associated Press.


Lawyers for the company, Westfield, Massachusetts-based Savage Arms, were expected to appear Wednesday in federal court in Iowa to defend against a lawsuit filed by Hansen. He is seeking damages for his injuries, alleging the company failed to warn customers about the defect.
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Re: Gun maker’s exploding rifle leaves trail of injured hunters
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2017, 09:03:10 pm »
Maker is Savage and this guy contends its due too poor quality metal used in the firearm.
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Re: Gun maker’s exploding rifle leaves trail of injured hunters
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2017, 10:09:57 pm »
Jeez. sounds like he was lucky not to have had worse injuries than he did.

I'm not very familiar with blackpowder guns.  I'm going to assume that this one in particular had more injuries associated with it than others of similar use.
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Re: Gun maker’s exploding rifle leaves trail of injured hunters
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2017, 07:09:11 pm »
And the gun lobby prevented the Consumer Product Safety Commission from having any jurisdiction over firearms, so Savage can act rather cavalierly.
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Re: Gun maker’s exploding rifle leaves trail of injured hunters
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2017, 01:17:19 am »
What a weird headline. "Gun-maker's rifle'

What type of rifle would not be a 'Gun-maker's rifle'?
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Re: Gun maker’s exploding rifle leaves trail of injured hunters
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2017, 01:54:33 am »
It's a muzzle loader technically. It uses smokeless powder, a shotgun primer, and saboted or belted bullets.

I shoot a 54 flinchlock with 1 in 66" roundball twist. Now there's a muzzle odor.
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