Bad Situation**RESULTS IN!!**

[hntrspud]

Friday I set out to go over to Winchester for the opener. Had all my gear, just cleaned my gun the night before and I was chompin at the bit. Saturday morning comes around and the birds are flying pretty good. Shoot a few shells, reload with my kent shells. Some birds come in and first shot BOOM! Bird down, reload, pull the trigger on the second bird and my shotgun kicks and twists at the same time, towards my face, and it sounds like someone shot next to my ear. All of this happened in mere seconds. I am disoriented, but still have the sense to look at the gun. Shell mangled, gun pieces hit the water, forarm of gun shoved back into my finger and cut it wide open. Blood all over the boat. I check myself, namely the right side of my face where I felt powder go by. Other than my finger I am not bleeding. OK, focus, I am at this time across the lake from the other guy I was hunting with. So I immediatly motor over, not caring about anything but my safety at this point, to the other shore. Holy cow he sais, get up here now!! So I get out of my sneak boat and we walk to meet each other. He checks me all out and makes sure I am ok. Sits me down in a chair, gets me some water and a cigar. He takes my gun apart piece by piece taking pics the whole time. It seems my first shot went just fine, but the wad from the second shot got stuck at the end of the barrel and sent all the backpressure towards me!  All I have to say for now, is that I am ok, I am alive to see my family another day. My gun is toast, completely destroyed the trigger parts, forearm, and the flap, I forget what its called, is bent down and out of my gun. Pls, no matter how safe you are, things can always happen in a split second that can change things for good. PLS, PLS be careful out there. This could have been alot worse. Guns are replacable, I am not.

[Spuddieselwwu]

Glad you're okay.  That is crazy.

[scout/sniper]

HOLY CRAP!!
Glad you are OK.
I had a Mossberg 9200 auto do that to me a few years ago and it went to pieces, yours held together very well.

[pianoman9701]

damn! Glad you're OK.

[lostbackpacker]

glad you're okay.  i have had a failure similar to that.  someone must love us

[bullcanyon]

Holy cow!  That's crazy.

[Blacktail135]

 Factory choke?

[hntrspud]

Factory choke?

Yes. And it was tight too

[Netminder01]

yikes.

It only takes once but glad you have a few of your 9 lives left.

[Bill W]

I'm assuming you "reloaded your gun" with Kent factory ammo.   I'd send that picture to them and ask if their shells are supposed to do that.

[hntrspud]

I'm assuming you "reloaded your gun" with Kent factory ammo.   I'd send that picture to them and ask if their shells are supposed to do that.

You are correct. Kent factory ammo. We are in communication

[crschralping]

Holy Crap! That is gnarly glad you are all good.

So stupid question was it the gun or the load that caused this? What load were you shooting? I usually shoot Kent as well...

[CP]

Wow.  Scary stuff.  What model gun is that?

[carpsniperg2]

Glad you were not hurt worse.

[hntrspud]

Well first things first, glad you are safe and in one piece. 

Never have I seen that happen.  Are you 100% certain that a wad lodged in the choke of that gun caused that much back pressure?  The reason I ask is that for all that gas to come back to you you need a blockage and a wad should not be a strong enough blockage.  By the very design wads are made to travel down the barrel and exit.  Not sure of the make of gun you are shooting but if it is a gas powered auto I would definitely have a good gunsmith check your gas system out thoroughly.  If it is a pump then I wouldn't even speculate as to the cause. 

The choke was still tight, the barrel was clean, and no obstructions. You can see that the wad never came out of the barrel.

Holy Crap! That is gnarly glad you are all good.

So stupid question was it the gun or the load that caused this? What load were you shooting? I usually shoot Kent as well...

I shot a remington 870 supermag. The load is what caused it. Kent 3" #2's.