SLAP and SLAP tracers are very unique, as they are built with a saboted bullet. Now building a SLAP round might be nearly as expensive as buying a genuine one, so it doesn’t hurt to look at other possible scenarios that also build excessive pressure most of those revolve around the projectile itself. Heck, I’ve encountered fake M855 “green-tip” ammo before and those don’t go for nearly as much as a SLAP round. For these reasons it isn’t unrealistic to believe that somebody attempted to “fake” one out of components and, as there isn’t any public reloading data on this projectile, made a bomb that almost cost a man his life.Ĭounterfeiting ammo isn’t completely far-fetched. This ammo is very hard to find and when you can it can easily cost upwards of $100 a shot. You see Scott was shooting something interesting that day: A SLAP tracer round. Who would sub in unsafe powders you ask? Well, a scam artist for one. Interestingly enough, this can happen as well even if a slower burning powder is used. If a faster powder is substituted, then too much of it will burn before the bullet has time to make it down the barrel, thus over-pressurizing a small portion of the barrel and again blowing it and/or the receiver apart. If too much powder of the correct type is used, it will generate more pressure than the gun can handle and cause it to rupture. A hot load is a round of ammo that is either overcharged with gun powder, charged with the wrong gun powder, or both. While we may never know for sure what transpired, most folks are pointing to a “hot load,” as DeShields referred to it. So what the hell actually happened? For that we turned to Ballistic Magazine featured writer Frank Melloni, who wrote the following: These aren’t manufactured anymore and there’s no way you can really know what’s happened to them overtime as they’ve passed hand-to-hand.” How a. … These rounds are extremely rare and they’re very old. “What I didn’t know is that the SLAP round I put inside it was extra, extra hot. Also, DeShields loaded the rifle properly. That last round saw the rifle completely explode and injure DeShields in the process. After firing a pair of shots, DeShields opted for one more. 50-cal SLAP (saboted light armor penetrator) rounds on a fire hydrant. We’ll start with the setup and then dive into what went wrong. There’s a lot to take away from this video. 50-cal rifle exploded due to a “hot round.”. However, during a recent test, he nearly died when his Serbu. With more than 1.5 million subscribers, he frequently shoots. YouTuber Scott Allen DeShields Jr., better known as Kentucky Ballistics, is all about going big. Revolutionary sword ( Commander's Charge).Chinese officer sword ( Blade of Bastet, Grant's saber, Meteoritic sword).Deathclaw gauntlet ( Unstoppable Monster).50 cal machine gun is listed in the game files as "rifleredding." The vendor bot at Watoga Shopping Plaza can sell the plan.The raider vendor bots in Pleasant Valley Station, Sutton Station and Welch Station can sell both the weapon and its plans.Abandoned Bog Town - in the back of a truck on the main road in town.One can appear northwest of The Retreat at Cliffwalk Track, in the back of a sandbag laden truck.One may also appear in a destroyed truck on the road south-east of Clarksburg.Hemlock Holes - South of the white warehouse, near a downed Vertibird, in the back of a destroyed truck.The Action Hero - A unique 50 cal machine gun given as a Survival mode reward from April 23–29 and August 27 - September 2, 2019.