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<blockquote data-quote="Ckgworks" data-source="post: 1709196" data-attributes="member: 105102"><p>I'm glad to hear no one was hurt! </p><p>Someone else mentioned 17 HMR.....Over the last few years, I have seen 4 of them with the mag blown out and stock split or cracked, and all but one of them the barrel was clear. I assumed squib rounds on these, but all of the people said that they didn't notice anything different in the previous shot, and the barrel was clear.....Then I got one in my .17, and thankfully I noticed something was funny and looked in the spent case and saw a lot of unburned powder before shooting again. I was amazed at how little difference there was in the shot, and could easily see how a guy could just chamber and shoot another round. The last one I saw, the man sent emails to both Savage and Hornady, but as far as I know both went unanswered....I need to touch base with him and see what happened. I also ran the Dillion Press out of powder and had about 25, 45 acp cartridges in the bin, some had powder, some didn't. Foolishly I decide to shoot them rather than pull them, and when I hit the first bad case, I was again amazed at how little difference there was between it and the last shot. I have no idea what caused this but I know how much damage a little tiny 17 HMR can cause with a squib, and I imagine any centerfire cartridge would take a gun apart like your pictures show. I have also had cold weld on reloads before, but I have never seen a pressure spike like this from one. I'm glad to hear no one was hurt!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ckgworks, post: 1709196, member: 105102"] I'm glad to hear no one was hurt! Someone else mentioned 17 HMR.....Over the last few years, I have seen 4 of them with the mag blown out and stock split or cracked, and all but one of them the barrel was clear. I assumed squib rounds on these, but all of the people said that they didn't notice anything different in the previous shot, and the barrel was clear.....Then I got one in my .17, and thankfully I noticed something was funny and looked in the spent case and saw a lot of unburned powder before shooting again. I was amazed at how little difference there was in the shot, and could easily see how a guy could just chamber and shoot another round. The last one I saw, the man sent emails to both Savage and Hornady, but as far as I know both went unanswered....I need to touch base with him and see what happened. I also ran the Dillion Press out of powder and had about 25, 45 acp cartridges in the bin, some had powder, some didn't. Foolishly I decide to shoot them rather than pull them, and when I hit the first bad case, I was again amazed at how little difference there was between it and the last shot. I have no idea what caused this but I know how much damage a little tiny 17 HMR can cause with a squib, and I imagine any centerfire cartridge would take a gun apart like your pictures show. I have also had cold weld on reloads before, but I have never seen a pressure spike like this from one. I'm glad to hear no one was hurt! [/QUOTE]
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