I picked up some Winchester SXT 9mm carry rounds for the first time and figured several boxes should go downrange in my carry guns before feeling armed for defense.
The first five shots went downrange in my Beretta 9000. On the sixth round I heard a squib and thought that's funny, I'm not shooting my reloads and this is not supposed to be happening in the first 10 rounds of my newly chosen ammo. Even weirder, though is the primer blown out the breech face and there is not a bullet in the barrel.
I suspect there is no flash hole in that case. I don't think there is any fault on the part of the gun (the primer strike on the other cases looked ok) and the firing pin is in good order and it functioned fine after.
What do I do?
-Not use this ammo again?
-Send the round to Winchester?
-forget it and move on?
-try my photgraphy skills on a post for the first time?
-Use handloads for self-defense because at least I know they
have flash holes and fire better than a .167 batting average?
-Figure I only would have five rounds from a revolver anyway?
-Practice twice as much racking the slide on a Beretta 9000?
-Next time I get a squib in self-defence, check the barrel before proceding?
Next time I get a squib in self-defense, throw the gun away and procede with BUG?
The first five shots went downrange in my Beretta 9000. On the sixth round I heard a squib and thought that's funny, I'm not shooting my reloads and this is not supposed to be happening in the first 10 rounds of my newly chosen ammo. Even weirder, though is the primer blown out the breech face and there is not a bullet in the barrel.
I suspect there is no flash hole in that case. I don't think there is any fault on the part of the gun (the primer strike on the other cases looked ok) and the firing pin is in good order and it functioned fine after.
What do I do?
-Not use this ammo again?
-Send the round to Winchester?
-forget it and move on?
-try my photgraphy skills on a post for the first time?
-Use handloads for self-defense because at least I know they
have flash holes and fire better than a .167 batting average?
-Figure I only would have five rounds from a revolver anyway?
-Practice twice as much racking the slide on a Beretta 9000?
-Next time I get a squib in self-defence, check the barrel before proceding?
Next time I get a squib in self-defense, throw the gun away and procede with BUG?