Although it seems it was more a question of assembly that catastrophic failure. Nobody got hurt and according to the source, the gun was re-assembled and it is operational.
Still….
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Looks like the ‘wedge’ wasn’t put back, only way this could have happened…..
OK, I’ll show my ignorance, what’s a wedge in this reference?
You can see the square ended slot in the cylinder axis pin, just ahead of the cylinder. There is (supposed to be) a wedge that goes through that slot to pin the front frame and barrel to the rear frame.
I don’t see any pieces of a broken wedge in the photo, so I’m also thinking that that’s what happened.
Yep, think Cemetery is correct. I’ve seen that once before and the wedge had been left out.
I hate it when that happens.