Namerifrats
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The gun is a Cimarron MP415 Model P SAA Revolver .45 LC. Bought it new back in Dec, maybe 60 rounds through it. A friend from work and his girlfriend's son went shooting with me today, I took the 45 since neither had ever shot one. My friend's GF son shot it first, 6 rounds. No issues. Friend only wanted to put a few rounds through it since we had a lot of other stuff to shoot. So he loaded 3 rounds, first shot, gun blew up. Top strap blown upwards, cylinder split. Ruptured a round in a neighboring chamber as well. Gun is a total loss. Fortunately nobody hurt. Shooting factory ammo, never had any issues with it before. I've fired mid range reloads through it in the past, but mostly factory. All Precision One 45LC 250 Gr FMJ. Always felt normal, not loaded hot. Anyway, posting pictures below. Aggravated about the whole thing. Glad it wasn't one of my favorite gun or more expensive ones. Still $460 though. First thought was Squib when it happened. I've seen and heard a squib before. I was standing nearby while they were shooting, nothing out of the ordinary. Bullet from the cartridge that killed the gun was also lodging in the forcing cone and some lead and jacket material was pressed out of the gap area. So I needed to remove the cylinder to get the live round out. Figured I would confirm if I didn't hear a squib on the GF Son's last shot, even though I saw dust from the berm.... Tapped the distorted bullet out, sure enough just that one bullet. Destroyed case had the primer blown out and I kept all the pieces. So what do you think? Double charged factory round or what?