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Madcratebuilder showed three pics of Ruger wheelguns blown up. The first is not typical - it's actually the first detonated Ruger I've ever seen where the topstrap broke. Even then, it didn't send pieces of the topstrap flying. The other two look like the more common sort of Ruger KB where the topstrap bends but doesn't break.
When they blow, generally Rugers send less shrapnel flying around than S&Ws. You also have a pic of an S&W completely missing it's topstrap...that's actually typical when they cut loose.
Rugers are NOT weak guns. They're usually tougher than a comparable S&W that costs at least one or two hundred bucks more than the Ruger. The "unbreakable" rep among newbies sometimes leads to people being careless with crude handloading and yeah, you can blow one up.
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