Honduran soldier shooting 1982-vintage .50BMG machine gun ammunition in a Barret M82A1. This of course violates a major rule of firearms safety, ie don't shoot $0.10 ammunition in a $9,000 gun.
All is well until the 7th round in the magazine. Dude pulls the trigger, gets a muffled pop.
Hang fire. Primer goes off, powder fizzles away.
Soldier waits what he thinks is long enough, then reaches up, grabs the charging handle, and yanks it backwards to clear the round out.
Not quite long enough. With the bolt about an inch of battery, the powder decides it's time to go bang.
Bad things subsequently happen.
This just makes my wallet hurt looking at it.
On the plus side, the scope is probably still in great shape. If Barret didn't make their rifles like the proverbial tank, there'd probably be a headless Honduran at the end of that story.
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