Nightcrawler
October 25, 2003, 06:12 PM
It was kind of chilly and kind of breezy today (heck, it snowed yesterday), but I headed to the handgun range with my 25-5 and my Colt Gov't Model. For the revolver I had two 50rd boxes of Remington .45 Colt (225 grain and 250 grain lead), two 20rd boxes of Winchester (225 grain silvertips and 250 grain lead), a box of Federal (250 grain lead HP), a box of Cor-Bon (325 grain flat point hard cast +P), and a few stray rounds of Georgia Arms (200 grain Gold Dot @ 1100 fps). I also had a box of Blazer (200 grain JHP).
I wasn't shooting especially well. It's been a good while since I've fired this revolver (the end of June, to be specific) and I was a bit rusty. The Cor-Bons REALLY let you know you were shooting a real gun, let me tell you.
Next down was the Georgia Arms stuff, which was pretty noticable (being a 500+ FPE load), but not bad. The rest of the stuff was a real pussycat to shoot.
Anyways, I fired the second round in a cylinder full of the Remington, and something scary happened. The hammer fell, there was a little "PIP" sound, and no recoil.
Aw, hell, I thought. A "pop and no kick". That's all I needed, I thought, a bullet lodged in the barrel. So, I popped open the cylinder and looked in the breech. I could see daylight coming through. I ejected the cartridges, and found the bullet had indeed been fired.
Seems the primer was actually powerful enough to push the bullet out of the barrel. But for the life of me it looked like there was no powder in the case. I found the bullet later on, a few feet from where I had been standing. The end was deformed slightly, but it certainly hadn't hit the backstop. It seems it actually just barely made it clear of the barrel, and arced into the ground.
'Twas and interesting experience, to say the least.
Also, shooting gloveless in the cold air, I noticed the resetting trigger wore a sore spot on my trigger finger. Huh; need to get me some shooting gloves.
I wasn't shooting especially well. It's been a good while since I've fired this revolver (the end of June, to be specific) and I was a bit rusty. The Cor-Bons REALLY let you know you were shooting a real gun, let me tell you.
Next down was the Georgia Arms stuff, which was pretty noticable (being a 500+ FPE load), but not bad. The rest of the stuff was a real pussycat to shoot.
Anyways, I fired the second round in a cylinder full of the Remington, and something scary happened. The hammer fell, there was a little "PIP" sound, and no recoil.
Aw, hell, I thought. A "pop and no kick". That's all I needed, I thought, a bullet lodged in the barrel. So, I popped open the cylinder and looked in the breech. I could see daylight coming through. I ejected the cartridges, and found the bullet had indeed been fired.
Seems the primer was actually powerful enough to push the bullet out of the barrel. But for the life of me it looked like there was no powder in the case. I found the bullet later on, a few feet from where I had been standing. The end was deformed slightly, but it certainly hadn't hit the backstop. It seems it actually just barely made it clear of the barrel, and arced into the ground.
'Twas and interesting experience, to say the least.
Also, shooting gloveless in the cold air, I noticed the resetting trigger wore a sore spot on my trigger finger. Huh; need to get me some shooting gloves.