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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
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1911 Kaboom! Diagnosis help? (and always wear eye pro!).
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<blockquote data-quote="brcfo_outdoors" data-source="post: 2139268" data-attributes="member: 113623"><p>100% this.</p><p></p><p>The case splitting and primer ejecting are all indications of too much pressure in the casing, my guess is from an overcharge of powder in a hand load. Moral of the story is don't shoot other people's hand loads.</p><p></p><p>Superficially the handgun may appear fine, but I would worry about the damage you can't see like micro fracturing and structural weakening. To my knowledge 1911's aren't built with more modern methods of handling an over pressure event, that is why the gas blew out every hole. I would take a hard look at the barrel and the thinner regions of the slide around the ejection port, and probably replace the barrel just by default.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brcfo_outdoors, post: 2139268, member: 113623"] 100% this. The case splitting and primer ejecting are all indications of too much pressure in the casing, my guess is from an overcharge of powder in a hand load. Moral of the story is don't shoot other people's hand loads. Superficially the handgun may appear fine, but I would worry about the damage you can't see like micro fracturing and structural weakening. To my knowledge 1911's aren't built with more modern methods of handling an over pressure event, that is why the gas blew out every hole. I would take a hard look at the barrel and the thinner regions of the slide around the ejection port, and probably replace the barrel just by default. [/QUOTE]
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