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What Happens When Firing a Round Without Powder?
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<blockquote data-quote="CRNA" data-source="post: 510433" data-attributes="member: 22495"><p>Interesting. I was talking to a guy at the local range back in the winter. We were sharing stories and he told me of a time when he and a friend were shooting handguns. They were both shooting handloads in revolvers. (I bet you already see where this one's going) He was watching his buddy shoot his double action revolver. On one round a very quiet POP sounded. He was thinking fast and yelled at his buddy (who was not as familiar with firearms), and told him to STOP!!! He then carefully took the gun from his friends hand and de cocked it. Opened up the cylinder and took a look down the barrel. The .357 bullet was lodged very firmly in the barrel. Now, just imagine if he would have fired the next round, which was later verified to be loaded with powder. The primer explosion was enough, in that case, so he said, to get the bullet about half way down the barrel. Could have been a very bad day for his friend. Whether that is true or not is anybody's guess. I know that I have become so paranoid with my hand loading that I always immediately seat a bullet in the case right after weighing the powder and charging the case. I never charge a tray of cases at once and then seat all of my bullets. Just a habit that I have learned to do very early on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CRNA, post: 510433, member: 22495"] Interesting. I was talking to a guy at the local range back in the winter. We were sharing stories and he told me of a time when he and a friend were shooting handguns. They were both shooting handloads in revolvers. (I bet you already see where this one's going) He was watching his buddy shoot his double action revolver. On one round a very quiet POP sounded. He was thinking fast and yelled at his buddy (who was not as familiar with firearms), and told him to STOP!!! He then carefully took the gun from his friends hand and de cocked it. Opened up the cylinder and took a look down the barrel. The .357 bullet was lodged very firmly in the barrel. Now, just imagine if he would have fired the next round, which was later verified to be loaded with powder. The primer explosion was enough, in that case, so he said, to get the bullet about half way down the barrel. Could have been a very bad day for his friend. Whether that is true or not is anybody's guess. I know that I have become so paranoid with my hand loading that I always immediately seat a bullet in the case right after weighing the powder and charging the case. I never charge a tray of cases at once and then seat all of my bullets. Just a habit that I have learned to do very early on. [/QUOTE]
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