|
Post by dougader on Aug 5, 2016 9:52:30 GMT -5
You really have to pay attention when Handloading. I was loading up some 265 wfn bullets in 45 Super and something didn't look right when I went to seat a bullet...too big. Turns out there was a 300 grain wfn that accidentally got packed in the box from the company.
That would have been a disaster had I loaded that to the same coal and then fired it. KaBoom! averted.
|
|
|
Post by paul105 on Aug 5, 2016 10:50:08 GMT -5
Stuff happens. Some of it is totally out of our control. No matter, you still need to be alert, a very careful. Here is a picture of my first S&W m329. I've seen pictures and read accounts of steel framed S&Ws and Ruger Rehawks with the same or similar failures. After the shot, the gun felt different, so I glanced down to find the barrel was missing. After searching for several minutes I looked on the porch roof of the shooting house behind me and there it was. S&W replaced the gun at no charge -- the customer service lady said that the barrel had been over torqued when assembled. Paul
|
|
|
Post by hardscrabble on Aug 10, 2016 19:25:07 GMT -5
A squib load consisting of a bullet seated WITHOUT POWDER, fired in a revolver usually sticks the bullet in the forcing cone. The primer is not enough to push the bullet, even a cast bullet deep enough into the barrel to permit cylinder station. The bullet then must be driven back into the chamber in order to rotate, open, or remove cylinder. David Bradshaw This is not correct. I know this from personal experience. It forced a lead bullet into the barrel about 1". The cylinder would have been free to turn if I had not been suspicious, opened the cylinder, and checked the barrel. I changed my reloading procedures after that.
|
|
|
Post by bradshaw on Aug 10, 2016 20:36:46 GMT -5
A squib load consisting of a bullet seated WITHOUT POWDER, fired in a revolver usually sticks the bullet in the forcing cone. The primer is not enough to push the bullet, even a cast bullet deep enough into the barrel to permit cylinder station. The bullet then must be driven back into the chamber in order to rotate, open, or remove cylinder. David Bradshaw This is not correct. I know this from personal experience. It forced a lead bullet into the barrel about 1". The cylinder would have been free to turn if I had not been suspicious, opened the cylinder, and checked the barrel. I changed my reloading procedures after that. hardscrabble.... certainly possible for a primer alone to push a bullet into the barrel far enough to then rotate cylinder. I consider this unusual. On the other hand, a primer-only squib carries a very high probability of losing the bullet far enough into the barrel to permit chambering and firing a round behind it. Your awareness at the moment of fire saved the day. David Bradshaw
|
|
JSilva
.30 Stingray
Posts: 184
|
Post by JSilva on Aug 10, 2016 22:40:29 GMT -5
A squib load consisting of a bullet seated WITHOUT POWDER, fired in a revolver usually sticks the bullet in the forcing cone. The primer is not enough to push the bullet, even a cast bullet deep enough into the barrel to permit cylinder station. The bullet then must be driven back into the chamber in order to rotate, open, or remove cylinder. David Bradshaw This is not correct. I know this from personal experience. It forced a lead bullet into the barrel about 1". The cylinder would have been free to turn if I had not been suspicious, opened the cylinder, and checked the barrel. I changed my reloading procedures after that. Recently I had a primer only squib in a S&W 929. The 115gn plated bullet went just far enough to partially engage the forcing cone. The squib was easily knocked out with a wood dowel rod I carry in my range bag for just that reason. conversly, just after beginning my reloading journey Imhad a primer only squib in my Springfield Range Officer, and that 230gn plated bullet wound up about 3/4'' into the barrel. i keep those bullets as a physical reminder that there is no substitution for paying attention to WTF you're doing when hand loading. ~Justin
|
|
|
Post by magnumwheelman on Aug 11, 2016 5:49:31 GMT -5
I've seen at CASS matches bullets actually lobbed into the steel target from a primer... pop... ... ... ... ting was a regionals & was scoring several years ago, & bet that happened 4-5 times during the match... ( likely from the same shooter ) at least in CASS a lot of times light weight lead bullets are used with minimum charges so the likely hood of a damaged gun are reduced ... then there is my buddy ( that I honestly wish he would quit reloading... drinking & watching TV, while loading is a very bad practice ) this S&W was was saved by my other buddy ( the retired machinist ) ... the cylinder locked up while shooting what turned out to be intentionally very light loads... half the powder the manual recommended, for cast bullets, only loaded with jacketed bullets... a true testament to the strength of this particular S&W 38 Special... this almost has to be a record for how many bullets can get lodged in a barrel...
|
|