02-27-2019, 07:41 AM
I guess this should be a warning!
Factory ammo can SUCK.
I was out shooting my Python. Firing .38 specials. WINCHESTER white box, just clanging some steel.
After several cylinders full I had reloaded for about the 5th time.
Round number 4 went 'thud'.
I held the gun in a safe direction for a good '30' count and then opened the cylinder and dumped out 4 empty and 2 un-fired.
Well I thought I'd just have a look down the bore. And about a 1/32' from the muzzle was a shinny copper bullet stuck in the rifling.
A wooden dowel and lots of beating, I got the sucker backed out.
So all you trigger jockeys out there that like to rapid fire, stay very very vigilant for squib loads.
Or you could have a bulged or blown out barrel.