High speed ballistics photography
 

Nice article on high speed photography and different pistol calibers.

The 2nd picture of a Ruger Alaskan 44mag is a bit scary. You typically see a flash between the cylinder and barrel throat. But the pic captures what looks like a big flash back on the recoil plate. Way to close to the primers of the other cylinders,, at least for me.. It also show the wasted UN-burnt power in such a short barrel.

Link to article

I would say that the revolver appears to me to not be timed properly, and is spitting a lot of lead out of the barrel-cylinder gap.

That backblast appears to be bouncing back off of the backplate.

I would not want to shoot that weapon in that condition.

TR