Well, they say there is a first time for every thing and yesterday was my first time ever seeing a Kaboom. Luckily for me I was the one driving the rifle and not the owner of said rifle.
It was a ATI Omni Hybrid with 113 rounds according to the owner (who is a Tank Master Gunner and into numbers like that)
I was showing some recoil management stuff and fired one round, talked, changed position, fired one round, talked pulled the trigger and odd recoil, smoke, and the report was off.
I mention this because we rarely talk about what the experience was like.
The PMAG had major damage but took the blow like a champ. The window shattered and vented the force prior to the mag being launched from the rifle.
We broke the rifle down to observe the bolt and look for barrel obstruction. I had seen the round prior print on the target so I knew the round before had performed correctly. Once we began to get the bolt retracted, the entire upper came apart due to the hybrid design
There was no obstruction and the case fell out of the chamber as we seperated the BCG from the upper. IraqGuns reminded me of the old federal xm193 issues from a few years ago and the case looks exactly like those same old pics.
The ammo was purchased at the range and was "Federal Bulk 55grain" so while I am not making that correlation directly, that's the direction I am leaning.
The lesson here is know your ammo, have a medical plan in place, wear eyepro, and be able to identify issues rapidly.
Here are some more pics
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Originally Posted by rjacobs
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