ERMA

[art_collector]

Have been hearing that Erma gets damaged by firing indian ammo. Saw it the first time today.The guy who fired the revolver was very lucky indeed...he didnt get injured nor did anyone else get hurt. The barrel ofcourse got seperated and fell a few metres away. The pictures are not very clear since they have been taken from a mobile phone

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[winnie_the_pooh]

Good god,the fellow just blew up a Nano Would have been better off buying an IOF revolver or shooting low power .32 wadcutters.

[Olly]

Would have been better off buying an IOF revolver

OR buying some consistent firing imported ammo instead of the 'world class' KF ammo... !

[nagarifle]

this goes to show that our ammo are powerful, not weak like the western ones

[MoA]

Poor quality control I suspect. As far as ammo goes.

[marksman]

What ever ammo was used, it has pushed barrel violently forward to cause this. One reason could be that the bullet dia.was oversize or maybe It is not the ammo's fault. The poorly welded frame may have given away. If the fallow happens to be a friend then please ,ask if the revolver was bought brand new? or as dealers generally say "in very good condition" All the reasons to suspect that the same thing may have happened earlier and the revolver was welded up If it was bought reblued. One can see how neatly the upper strap has separated from the frame. I never had a very high opinion about Erma products anyways.
Marksman

[striker]

Erma -alloy metal construction may cause this disaster instead of ammo.

[goodboy_mentor]

What ever ammo was used, it has pushed barrel violently forward to cause this. One reason could be that the bullet dia.was oversize or maybe It is not the ammo's fault.

I agree with the above opinion. I suspect at the time of firing, the chamber was not properly aligned with the barrel, resulting in bullet hitting the inner end of barrel/frame and resulting in the frame being pushed forward by the force of bullet. It is a good thing that the frame got detached by impact rather than causing burst chamber etc. leading to serious injuries. Various machines like automobiles etc. are intentionally designed such that in event of impact their parts absorb the impact and scatter away instead of transferring the impact to humans. Maybe this revolver was also designed in such a way. It appears it is not the cartridge, but the malfunctioning of the revolver as the cause of the above accident.