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Offline GH1

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Scary moment
« on: September 21, 2009, 02:05:10 PM »
 I went to the range yesterday to test a bunch of handloads of various strength. After about 200 rounds or so I reloaded and got BANG, BANG, BANG, pop.  :o  It reminded me of when my black powder pistol would hang fire. So I sat there for a about 15 seconds with the gun still on target, waiting for it to fire.
 After I became convinced it was a dead round I opened up the cylinder and found the bullet stuck in the bore, right where I thought it would be.  Damn, range time over.  I'm sure glad I read all my reloading manuals and heeded their stuck bullet warnings. 
I don't know what happened, there was powder in the case and the primer lit up, I have no idea why it didn't ignite properly, anybody have any ideas?
 I shudder to think what would've happened had I not known any better and tried to fire the weapon.
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Re: Scary moment
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2009, 02:21:11 PM »
Good catch GH1. Thank goodness you were on top of that one.
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Re: Scary moment
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2009, 02:54:26 PM »
My guess is no powder. I look in every cartridge case before seating the bullet.
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Re: Scary moment
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2009, 04:22:44 PM »
It could be as simple as tumbling media in the flash-hole. Did you tumble this brass before it was reloaded?
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Re: Scary moment
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2009, 04:33:52 PM »
Quote from: 243dave on September 21, 2009, 04:22:44 PM
It could be as simple as tumbling media in the flash-hole. Did you tumble this brass before it was reloaded?

Since GH1 stated there was powder in the case, 243dave's post stands to reason....

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Re: Scary moment
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2009, 11:16:58 PM »
I didn't tumble the cases, and I used a brush on the primer seats.  I'm thinking a weak primer, a couple of weeks ago I had one that needed to be struck a second time before it would light up. Then again, I heard it go pop, so I would think the powder should've lit. I thought maybe some moisture got in there somehow but the way the powder looked a it spilled out of my gun I don't think that was it. It seemed very dry.
I really have no idea why it didn't light.
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Re: Scary moment
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2009, 11:50:39 PM »
I have never had that happen ??? You did not mentioned what you were shooting, a revolver? If you were using a hard to ignite powder such as H 110 or W 296 and using standard pistol primers - maybe? You said you were trying different strengths, if you do not have a case full of those powders, they can act weird too. :-\
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Re: Scary moment
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2009, 12:40:38 PM »
I was using a revolver, .357.  But I was shooting .38 rounds as well, and right now I really can't remember which round failed, nor the charge.  I had it loaded with AA#2 and PCM small pistol primers.  I'll fire the rest of them & see what shakes out.
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Re: Scary moment
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2009, 05:21:06 PM »
 I could NOT find a load of AA#2 on the accurate arms reloading site. What and where did you get the data you used? Some powders NEED a strong crimp to hold the bullet till the pressure builds enough to blast the bullet out. I would check the data AND the crimp before "firing off the rest of them"!       http://www.accuratepowder.com/
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Re: Scary moment
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2009, 10:57:02 PM »
I emailed Accurate and got the load from them.
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