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Post by SnapShot on Mar 29, 2017 18:50:49 GMT -5
Here is the results of a Squib Load 40S&W. The gun failed to go into battery. The shooter did the old whack & rack and fired. The results were minor hand injury and destroyed M&P Shield. IMG_0445.tiff (733.04 KB) |
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Post by gws on Mar 30, 2017 12:49:35 GMT -5
Reloads are hell with no powder.  or was it rack, pulling the bullet out of the stuck round and ejecting the case....then whack, smashing the second round into the first bullet?  The horrors....  Glad the injury was minor......too bad about the S&W. |
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Post by bob on Mar 30, 2017 18:10:03 GMT -5
Darwin candidate!  . Judging from the damage there was a bullet in the barrel, some people are just not supposed to have guns nor to reload! |
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Post by SnapShot on Mar 30, 2017 18:26:01 GMT -5
The ammo was TulAmmo factory loads 180gr FMJ. Here is the write up from their page. Personally I don't use the stuff.
This newly manufactured 40 S&W ammunition is PERFECT for target practice, range training, or plinking. It is both economical and reliable and is produced by one of the most established ammunition plants in the world.
Tula ammunition derives its name from its birthplace, the Tula Cartridge Works in Tula, Russia.
The Tula Cartridge Works was founded in 1880 and is currently one of the largest ammunition manufacturing plants in the world. The Tula name has gained a following worldwide for its rugged, reliable, and economical product. This cartridge complies with CIP requirements and the casing features a polymer-coated steel casing with a non-corrosive Boxer Primer. The projectile features a bimetal jacket (contains steel and copper) and a lead core resulting in excellent ballistics characteristics.
Muzzle Velocity: 990 fps
Max Pressure: 36,250 psi
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Post by poohzilla on Mar 30, 2017 20:19:07 GMT -5
Putin must have been after the owner of the Smith !
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Post by bob on Mar 30, 2017 21:55:33 GMT -5
I maybe old and I'm set in my ways(with in reason),if it U.S.A. I don't usa. I have a certain feeling about ammunition especially I don't really like the foreign stuff even Fiochi which is supposed to be excellent,Norma,which I know to be good, and Sellors & Belliot (unsure of my spelling).
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Post by hacker54 on Mar 30, 2017 22:14:26 GMT -5
Bob,
I have used Fiocchi and the Sellier and Bellot in shotshell and they were excellent rounds for hunting. I have purchased Sellier&Bellot large pistol primers for 45 ACP. Have yet to get to the range and try them out. I do use Fiocchi's 616 shotshell primers in certain loads in my shotguns. TulAmmo in 7.62x39 is what I see alot at the range when guys have their AK platforms shooting and they make 5.56 ammo as well. Yes these are steel case as well.
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Post by bob on Mar 30, 2017 22:45:27 GMT -5
Gary & All, my comments are just me,a matter of perception, and not to cast aspersions on any brand,especially ones I've not used. That said look at the gun, I've never seen or heard of a similar incident with Winchester or Remington.
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Post by SnapShot on Mar 31, 2017 10:55:25 GMT -5
 Bob ~ We speak the same language. It's getting difficult to do in many cases but I try to buy U.S. I have made some concessions by buying from non-U.S. owned companies that have manufacturing facilities in the U.S. As for being old and set in my ways . . . guilty as charged ! ~ Larry
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Post by gws on Mar 31, 2017 20:04:18 GMT -5
I've never heard of new ammo doing that.....from any country. I take that back. The US once supplied the commies in Viet Nam with some "Russian ammo".....doctored to blow up.  Looking at the barrel, I still think there was already a bullet or some other stoppage in the barrel. |
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Post by SnapShot on Apr 1, 2017 10:40:54 GMT -5
Let me make this clear . . . it was the result of a squib load.
A light load left the bullet in the barrel.
There was not enough power to cycle the gun; result was next round failed to go into battery (slide did not go fully forward).
Shooter thought he had a mis-feed and tapper magazine and racked another round.
Then fired the newly chambered round.
BOOM !
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Post by gws on Apr 1, 2017 14:23:55 GMT -5
Reloads are hell with no powder. or was it rack, pulling the bullet out of the stuck round and ejecting the case....then whack, smashing the second round into the first bullet? The horrors.... Glad the injury was minor......too bad about the S&W. Yup, that's what the evidence shown looked like ...... Squib undetected, gun rechambered.....the horrors..... we all need to be careful and aware it can happen to us.....easily. |
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Post by SnapShot on Apr 3, 2017 10:38:29 GMT -5
One thing I gained from all of this is the pictures. I have made them a part of our NRA Handgun Safety Class.
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or was it rack, pulling the bullet out of the stuck round and ejecting the case....then whack, smashing the second round into the first bullet?
The horrors.... 
Glad the injury was minor......too bad about the S&W.
. Judging from the damage there was a bullet in the barrel, some people are just not supposed to have guns nor to reload!
Bob ~
My daughter came from Missouri, my son and grand son, my wife and I had a nice dinner of grilled "porter house" pork chops, corn on the cobb, my son, G'son and I share 10/5. G'son is 4 minutes early though @ 10/4.
Pooh I hope you find to right house . 
