doctorj
Member
This is really bizarre.
My nightstand gun is a S&W 65 .357 in excellent condition. My standard ammunition for it has been 125 gr UMC SJHP .38 +P for several years. What I have is the old "yellow box" UMC and I've been shooting it off lately, just because it's time to replace.
On one box there were 2 light primer strikes. Then I went out with 2 more boxes. In the first, there were 3 light primer strikes, but the second box was fine. I thought I just had a couple of dud boxes. Yesterday I shot off the last box. There were 2 light primer strikes.
The light strikes are never on the same chamber, and never adjacent chambers. Yesterday there was a light strike on chamber "1" and chamber "4". The peculiar thing was that although these were different chambers, in each case they were the first chamber to be fired after reloading. All the duds fire on the second try, all strikes including the light ones are dead center. The striking does not appear "borderline"-- The light strikes were very light, the others-- including the restrikes-- are hefty dents.
I didn't have any other brand of ammunition to try. If it's the gun, why doesn't it happen more often and/or on the same chambers? If it's the ammo, why both times yesterday did it only happen on the first round of the "load"? Any ideas?
Thanks.
My nightstand gun is a S&W 65 .357 in excellent condition. My standard ammunition for it has been 125 gr UMC SJHP .38 +P for several years. What I have is the old "yellow box" UMC and I've been shooting it off lately, just because it's time to replace.
On one box there were 2 light primer strikes. Then I went out with 2 more boxes. In the first, there were 3 light primer strikes, but the second box was fine. I thought I just had a couple of dud boxes. Yesterday I shot off the last box. There were 2 light primer strikes.
The light strikes are never on the same chamber, and never adjacent chambers. Yesterday there was a light strike on chamber "1" and chamber "4". The peculiar thing was that although these were different chambers, in each case they were the first chamber to be fired after reloading. All the duds fire on the second try, all strikes including the light ones are dead center. The striking does not appear "borderline"-- The light strikes were very light, the others-- including the restrikes-- are hefty dents.
I didn't have any other brand of ammunition to try. If it's the gun, why doesn't it happen more often and/or on the same chambers? If it's the ammo, why both times yesterday did it only happen on the first round of the "load"? Any ideas?
Thanks.