That would make a nice bumper sticker.Walkalong: Split happens.
Ahem, but I used "splits".
But yes, yes it would.
That would make a nice bumper sticker.Walkalong: Split happens.
I agree with Elkins45 100%. Have experienced split cases in straight wall ammo and neck splits in rifle cases. Not really a big deal. I reload for my Son in Law who shoots competitively. Last Sunday he was having a STELLAR match! With 5 shots left in the last stage the gun goes BOOM! In semi shock he turns the gun to it's side makes sure it it clear and places it down. The RO came over and made sure the gun was clear and got him off the range.
The only way to explain the cause of the occurrence was case head separation. The bulk of the case was still in the chamber and the case head was no where to be found. SIL was fine although a little shook up. We were unable to get the case out of the barrel (he was looking for a reason to buy a new barrel anyway). The ejector and ejector spring where also nowhere to be found. The only other damage which we found yesterday while test firing after repairs was that the slide hold open tab was sheared off the slide stop assembly.
As a reloader I have gone over the incident in my mind at least a million times. You can never know what was running thru my mind after I got the text saying Dad gun just blew up. Case head separation seems like the only valid cause of the failure. Knowing this all brass is going to be scrutinized more closely than ever.