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Not sure where to post this. I don't think these were reloads but take a guess at what happened. Here are the pictures.

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When the box was dropped on the ground, one of the rounds landed on the primer of another, detonating it.

I had this happen with some .357 Magnums when they fell off a shelf over head height.

Hope this helps.

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At my CCW class they had a rule that you had to close your ammo boxes before they would begin firing because of semi brass at one time landing just right on an open box and causing one round to discharge in the box. The bullet hit a range worker in the chest just hard enough to feel it, and dropped and landed on his arm where he caught it.
 
Thanks for the post.

I will have to make a mental note to "self" to always close my ammo boxes at the range before I start shooting. You never know what can happen.
 
TimSr said:
At my CCW class they had a rule that you had to close your ammo boxes before they would begin firing because of semi brass at one time landing just right on an open box and causing one round to discharge in the box. The bullet hit a range worker in the chest just hard enough to feel it, and dropped and landed on his arm where he caught it.
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Was it the bullet that hit the RO, or was it the brass? I would think the brass is what would move outside a chamber since the bullet is much heavier.
I will be closing my ammo boxes as well just in case...
 
TimSr said:
At my CCW class they had a rule that you had to close your ammo boxes before they would begin firing because of semi brass at one time landing just right on an open box and causing one round to discharge in the box. The bullet hit a range worker in the chest just hard enough to feel it, and dropped and landed on his arm where he caught it.
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This is exactly what happened. A gentleman was shooting his pistol and this box of ammo was on the table in front of him. An empty shell ejected from his pistol and landed perfectly on one of the rounds on the table which set the primer off.

The bullet itself ended up on the table but the case went flying. Had to go look for it to find it. Our best (educated) guess is since the slug weighs more than the (unsupported) case it went flying.

I'm sure there is a VERY small chance of this being repeated but I for one, will case my ammo from now on while shooting.
 
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