I went to the S&W Shooting Center today after our tour and a few of us decided to rent some guns on our own and shoot. I rented the Bodyguard .380 and after shooting through my rounds I switched to my 45. I left the half tray of .380 on the bench for the next shooter and proceeded to fire the 45.
I noticed a flash around the bench while I was shooting but there was a guy in the lane next to me shooting at the same time and I didn't think much of it. After I dumped the mag though I looked down on the bench and noticed a bullet. Not a cartridge but a bullet. The plastic ammo tray had a blown out pocket and there was a distorted cartridge!
Best we can figure, one of my 45 casings hit the primer on the .380 causing it to discharge right in the tray. Glad I didn't see it happen as it probably would have scared the crap out of me. You can't see it very well in my camera phone shot but the primer clearly had not been struck by a firing pin. It had more of a scrape mark on it.
I noticed a flash around the bench while I was shooting but there was a guy in the lane next to me shooting at the same time and I didn't think much of it. After I dumped the mag though I looked down on the bench and noticed a bullet. Not a cartridge but a bullet. The plastic ammo tray had a blown out pocket and there was a distorted cartridge!
Best we can figure, one of my 45 casings hit the primer on the .380 causing it to discharge right in the tray. Glad I didn't see it happen as it probably would have scared the crap out of me. You can't see it very well in my camera phone shot but the primer clearly had not been struck by a firing pin. It had more of a scrape mark on it.