Good information, Drew, but as mentioned the gun came apart so violently that the two halves separated of their own accord; and looking for case head separations, missing base wads, etc. became a distant second to stanching the bleeding and getting him to the ER some distance away. No one involved can say whether the top barrel shell actually discharged simultaneously, or not, but I could believe the bottom barrel incident possibly jarring the sear out of the notch (or bent) to where it sounded like one discharge to those present. Though they do not show in the photos, the gapes from the mono-block for both barrels are approx. 1/32" in width occurring for about 1/4 of the barrel circumferences. Seems that without the evidence of those hulls involved nothing can be really said definitively, but my friend is just trying to understand the possible 'why' of it happening......which is why I brought it to you guys.
The incident occurred last weekend at Big Sky Sporting Clays out of Polson, MT, a high volume operation where some of you have probably shot at one time or another. I mention this because spent hulls abound there in the tens of thousands and no way to confirm which ones were involved in his accident..... even if any damaged ones were to be found.
Nonetheless, your info from Maj. Burrard is appreciated....all good stuff.
Rob
Last edited by Robt. Harris; 06/03/16 09:55 AM.
