So the other day I forgot EC’s lesson about if the press suddenly responds differently, something went wrong, and I loaded some 380 super auto. What is 380 super auto? I loaded a 147FMJ on top of 4.0GR power pistol, 1.160”, in a .380 ACP case. (Actually, I did this 6 times). Each time, I thought "wow, that sized easy”. The 7th time, it tripped at the primer station and I realized what happened.
After looking at all ~600 loaded rounds to make sure I got them all, I wondered what would have happened had I not caught this or failed to notice while loading a magazine. It would have been fired out of a Ruger PCC, 16” barrel. What would the failure mode have been?
After looking at all ~600 loaded rounds to make sure I got them all, I wondered what would have happened had I not caught this or failed to notice while loading a magazine. It would have been fired out of a Ruger PCC, 16” barrel. What would the failure mode have been?