[Carbon_15]

Ok...no more talk about how Rugers are tanks and S&W's are shrinking violets. After atleast 6,000 rounds of reloads have passed thought my Lee Turret Press I finally made a booboo. I've done the typical backwards primers and such, but nothing has ever sliped through.
Well....Sunday I was making a few full speed runs down the plate rack with my 627 Pro and had a little "issue". I'm not really sure if it was an iffy primer, or corncob stuck in the flash hole, or if I just screwed up on the powder charge, but either way it went PFFT instead of bang. It was the 4th shot in the string and I had a good head of steam...before my mind could register what happened, I pulled the trigger again. This time a hot spray of powder to my face stoped my run cold. There were 4 other people with me and no one saw the squib load hit the berm or the plate rack. Stuck bullet + another round fired general = disaster from what I have heard
I took the pistol to a gunsmith today...he borescoped the barrel, gave it an in depth checkup and found nothing wrong.
I call that pretty tough,
Jason

[Beagle-zebub]

That's a good story.

I'd be pissed if I ruined a piece like that, by the way!

[RPCVYemen]

Stuck bullet + another round fired general = disaster from what I have heard
I took the pistol to a gunsmith today...he borescoped the barrel, gave it an in depth checkup and found nothing wrong.

How many bullets did the gunsmith find in the barrel?

I'd be impressed if one was truly stuck, and you fired another one without harming anything - but then he should have found two bullets stuck in the barrel (I think).

Mike

[gwalchmai]

I knew a guy who put a 158gr LSWC over 14gr of HS6 through his 28 once. Had to pound the case out of the chamber with a rod but the gun was fine. Quite an accurate shot, too...

[AKCOP]

Had similar incident with a 6" model 19, full loads, rapid fire, my barrel ended up with a bulge about 5 inches down the tube. Funny thing is you could clearly see it when looking down the barrel but from the outside the barrel was normal. I considered myself very lucky and have paid just a bit more attention to detail when loading full power jacketed bullet loads.

[dispatch]

I have a hard time envisioning a squib in the barrel and no subsqent bulge in any gun. Smiths are undoubtedly tough and the older one’s are generally finely crafted. Rugers are tougher.

[StrawHat]

To see if you bulged the barrel run a tight fitting patch down the bore. If you feel it slip, that indicates the bore suddenly got bigger at that spot.

Is it the end of the world? Depends if the revovler is still accurte or not. Or if you need to get it replaced. Depending on how old your revolver is, I think S&W has a number of barrels available to install.

It is not that uncommon for a bulged barrel to continue shooting with the same accuracy as before the bulge.

[Highland Ranger]

could be the squib made it out or nearly out of the barrel.

[Carbon_15]

could be the squib made it out or nearly out of the barrel.

I think you are right...

[indiandave]

Any time your gun sounds different when fired stop and check it out. a couple of months ago I had my first squib. It sounded softer then the other shots. I stopped and checked and saw the squib. It took just one wack to get it out. If something just sounds wrong always stop and check it out.

[Highland Ranger]

If something just sounds wrong always stop and check it out.

Easier said than done in the middle of competition - you're kind of on autopilot, hard to stop mid-run.

[Walkalong]

If the bullets gets part way into the barrel so there is an air gap, it is much worse that if it is right at the forcing cone and the two bullets can combine as one.