02-28-2019, 09:02 PM
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On 2/27/2019 at 2:41 AM, Ramseys said:
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.
Amazing. In all the tens of thousands of rounds I've fired, I've never had a squib in centerfire ammo. Only had one in .22. And I had a habit of buying cheap ammo, too. Once I took my Ruger GP100 for a practice session at a range and they said no outside ammo allowed; I had to buy theirs. So I got a bag--not a box--of 200 .38 special reloads, unjacketed. Filthy stuff; by the time I was done my arms were black up to the elbow, and I think my face was pretty dirty too. It all went bang, though, along with all the Brown Bear .223 I've shot.
I'd stay away from Winchester ammo; last I was paying attention to such stuff, there were a lot of reports on gun forums about them selling crap. That's been a few years ago; looks like they're still at it.