Bullet stuck in barrel?

a primer only is enough (in some cases) to lodge the bullet into the barrel. cowboy loads while low are still not low enough to get stuck.

i've had a couple shots that i actually saw the bullet fly out of the barrel, then hit the paper/backer board and bounce off it.
 
Spawn-Inc said:
a primer only is enough (in some cases) to lodge the bullet into the barrel. cowboy loads while low are still not low enough to get stuck.

i've had a couple shots that i actually saw the bullet fly out of the barrel, then hit the paper/backer board and bounce off it.
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I read another forum and the guy said he got a bullet stuk in a .45 because he used too little of too fast a powder- figured its ridiculous


Can a slow pistol cartridge get stuck in a barrel?
 
if there is to little, there is to little regardless of powder speed (up to a point). any bullet can get stuck in a barrel under the right conditions, or rather the wrong conditions.
 
I'll tell ya a true but funny story.....The Movie "Quigly Down Under" had just came out, and the neighbour and I watched it. We were amazed at how accurate, and how far the rifle could shoot...Amazing!!! SO, my neighbour Mike said that he had a very simular rifle that he had got from his father 25 years ago. Cool,..so a few days later we took the Quigly rifle to the range. We were both expecting AMAZING results!! A few others at the range came over for a look too. We were all exited to see this old rifle shoot 500 yards open site. So mike inserts a "paper" bullet into the chamber.."the gun had come with old ammo." He raised the gun...he aimed...we held our breath....we all watched the metal Ram target @500 yards...positive that it would drop....Mike FIRES the famous movie rifle.....
OMG!! the bullet came out of the barrel and landed 4 feet ahead in the dirt!! LOL..everyone was roaring in laughter. You could SEE the bullet come out of the barrel in went so slow! I laughed so hard that I feel to my knees. Mikes face was red with embarasment and spouting off some colorful words. The ammo must have been as old as the gun. Mike grabs ANOTHER paper bullet..loads it.. and fires again! This time the bullet didnt come out LOL. Our dreams were dashed. Another fellow had a arrow and rammed into the barrel a bunch of times and it came out. One of the fellows offered to buy the old ammo. Mike still has the old rifle , but never shot it again.
 
This actually happened to me today. Primer only.. F'd up on the load. Kinda scary as I take out inexperienced shooters sometimes. Took ALL the reloaded bullets I had done in that run and am checking every one. Not sure how I'll check them as I had to go to work this afternoon. Either shake test as the load was not full to the brim or weigh them but there is such a variance in brass weight this method may not be totally idiot proof. I may end up pulling them all apart. ALL 300rds...
 
Whopperman said:
This actually happened to me today. Primer only.. F'd up on the load. Kinda scary as I take out inexperienced shooters sometimes. Took ALL the reloaded bullets I had done in that run and am checking every one. Not sure how I'll check them as I had to go to work this afternoon. Either shake test as the load was not full to the brim or weigh them but there is such a variance in brass weight this method may not be totally idiot proof. I may end up pulling them all apart. ALL 300rds...
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I don't believe in the shake test as an accurate method. I loaded some .338 win mag a few weeks ago, 225 grn Hornady SST and 55 grn of varget. You could clearly hear the powder shaking around inside.

May have just been a bad primer.
 
savagelover81 said:
What caliber are we talking?
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x2,
had it happen with a 500sw a couple times. Ended up making a brasss rod, tapping the bullet back into the case carefully, and the opening the cyl. It would only fire it far enough to jam up in the cyl. I think that it was from lube going into the powder, and ####ing up the powder at the bottom of the load, and would not ignite the powder. HAd to use lube to resize the 500 though.
 
jdman said:
x2,
had it happen with a 500sw a couple times. Ended up making a brasss rod, tapping the bullet back into the case carefully, and the opening the cyl. It would only fire it far enough to jam up in the cyl. I think that it was from lube going into the powder, and ####ing up the powder at the bottom of the load, and would not ignite the powder. HAd to use lube to resize the 500 though.
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That's why I clean my brass in the ultrasonic cleaner, lube and de prime/resize then wash again in the ultrasonic cleaner, into the tumbler and then I have nice clean brass without risk of contamination.
 
Happened to me with a 686 S&W. Squib fire -- I hadn't charged it with powder. I keep logs and have done over 10,000 rounds, only one of them lacked powder. Used a brass rod at the range to tap it back gently, opened cylinder and popped it out. I wouldn't pull apart the other 300. It happens, even with commercial ammo from time to time. I did have a misfire on a 416 Rigby this winter. Pulled the bullet and there was a small mountain of powder but the primer didn't work for some reason.

Bring a brass rod and a hammer and just start shooting, paying particular attention to the sound level and recoil after every shot. It is always a good practice, but just one that we get reminded of when things do go as we normally expect.

Happy shooting!
 
4570 Forever said:
Happened to me with a 686 S&W. Squib fire -- I hadn't charged it with powder. I keep logs and have done over 10,000 rounds, only one of them lacked powder. Used a brass rod at the range to tap it back gently, opened cylinder and popped it out. I wouldn't pull apart the other 300. It happens, even with commercial ammo from time to time. I did have a misfire on a 416 Rigby this winter. Pulled the bullet and there was a small mountain of powder but the primer didn't work for some reason.

Bring a brass rod and a hammer and just start shooting, paying particular attention to the sound level and recoil after every shot. It is always a good practice, but just one that we get reminded of when things do go as we normally expect.

Happy shooting!
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Thanks.. Was feeling quite bad about the fact I missed a charge. Had read about it here and 'thought' I was being very aware. I guess sh!t happens. Still going to go through the 300rds and at least try the shake test if for nothing other than making me feel a bit better.
 
I had a couple of boxes of .38 WC reloads that were made about 30 years ago. They spent about 10 years in Florida (in a house that was unairconditioned all summer). It looks like the waxy lubricant on the bullets had melted and contaminated the powder. They ranged from just primer pops to partial ignition that would launch the bullet 50m (at velocities you could watch).
 
dHb said:
I had a couple of boxes of .38 WC reloads that were made about 30 years ago. They spent about 10 years in Florida (in a house that was unairconditioned all summer). It looks like the waxy lubricant on the bullets had melted and contaminated the powder. They ranged from just primer pops to partial ignition that would launch the bullet 50m (at velocities you could watch).
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Being able to watch the bullets is fun IMO. This spring I dug out some 16 gauge reloads from the 80's, after many moves, across country and back, and some not very ideal storage situations, I decided to use them up. 90% of them launched the shot slow enough that I could watch them arc into the field, lol

Makes me want to try very slow sub sonic ammo in a rifle or two.
 
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