Rustler
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I was shooting a match today (last of six stages) using a SpringField 1911 GI Model - Tough gun.
First magazine of the stage and the first three shots go Bang, fourth shot goes KABOOM and my face is peppered with "stuff"
I look down at my hand, and it's still there... the slide is partially open and there are pieces of brass, pull the slide back and the magazine spring and follower are destroyed and the fifth round bullet is mangled and smashed in the magazine. I'm staring at the gun and the RO asking what just happened...
No blood and the fingers are all there - so I drop the magazine and inspect the gun. It seems just fine other than the grips are a little loose; so I slam in the next magazine and finish the stage...
As I think back on the "experience" it can only be one of two things; round went off before the slide closed - out of battery (I really don't think so) or the stupid reloader (me) had a double charge (which would have been 8.2 grains of TightGroup with a 230 grain bullet) and lived to tell about it...
What I really can't remember and it's bugging me is if that shot hit the target or they called it a miss!!
First magazine of the stage and the first three shots go Bang, fourth shot goes KABOOM and my face is peppered with "stuff"
I look down at my hand, and it's still there... the slide is partially open and there are pieces of brass, pull the slide back and the magazine spring and follower are destroyed and the fifth round bullet is mangled and smashed in the magazine. I'm staring at the gun and the RO asking what just happened...
No blood and the fingers are all there - so I drop the magazine and inspect the gun. It seems just fine other than the grips are a little loose; so I slam in the next magazine and finish the stage...
As I think back on the "experience" it can only be one of two things; round went off before the slide closed - out of battery (I really don't think so) or the stupid reloader (me) had a double charge (which would have been 8.2 grains of TightGroup with a 230 grain bullet) and lived to tell about it...
What I really can't remember and it's bugging me is if that shot hit the target or they called it a miss!!