Well it was sure to happen after shooting many, many thousands of rounds. Several thousand of reloads most recently. It was quite a surprise. I was shooting fairly fast out of my 1911. The loads were 3.8gr of Clays, with 230gr Berrys bullets. It was bang, bang, bang, blip. I'm kinda glad I got to see what it was like at my range instead of at an IDPA match. The good thing was that the slide did not move back enough to eject the empty case and load another in the chamber. Another good thing was the round was not stuck in the barrel although the recoil was so light I was shocked it wasn't. My range has an angled steel back plate so I decided to see if there was anyway I could find anything down range. Most of the bullets were mushed like small pancakes... but amazingly I found the squib bullet. Almost all the bullet was enclosed in the copper plating still and I could clearly see the rifling on the bullet although the bullet did have a big "dent" on the front. I would have loved to find out how slow that sucker was going! I did see a small grease ring a couple inches below my group... it basically just ripped the target and was not a round hole.
I guess I'm lucky though I'm disappointed that this happened. I use a Hornady LNL and an RCBS powder cop. Oh well....
I guess I'm lucky though I'm disappointed that this happened. I use a Hornady LNL and an RCBS powder cop. Oh well....