Well folks I had a little mishap at the gun club yesterday.
I was shooting my Colt Delta Elite 10mm with a 6" match chambered Barsto barrel installed. I was shooting my extremely low pressure practice 40S&W velocity loads of 5.5grs Titegroup with 180gr Montana Golds @ 950fps when all of a sudden when I was only on my 13th round of the day I was sprayed on my left cheek with tiny pieces of metal or possibly powder.
One thing about this gun is that I have used it with this barrel installed for over 13 years now and I have shot a lot of high preassure loads during my 10mm load developement years.
Recoil was standard so I didn't really think muc about the spray hitting my face for a few seconds but then I felt blood starting to stream down my left cheek.
I lowered the gun touched my face with my left hand and when I took it away my hand was covered in blood. I then looked at the gun and that is when I saw the top of the chamber missing from it.
There was also a 1" hole in the new aluminum roof 4' above where I was holding the gun. Other than the fine spray that hit my face I really didn't feel anything out of the ordinary. The mag had also been forced down partially out about 1" as well, I had even heard the bullet hit the target like normal or maybe the sound I heard was the chamber metal blowing through the aluminum roof....
It's enough to make a fellow cry I have over $3000.00 invested in this gun over the years and it was my pride and joy.....
Other than the light spray that I felt on my cheek I am totally ok and the bleeding stopped in less than a minute as well.
I have pic's but have never taken the time to learn how to post them. I'll send them to Gibb505 and get him to post them for me.
I was shooting my Colt Delta Elite 10mm with a 6" match chambered Barsto barrel installed. I was shooting my extremely low pressure practice 40S&W velocity loads of 5.5grs Titegroup with 180gr Montana Golds @ 950fps when all of a sudden when I was only on my 13th round of the day I was sprayed on my left cheek with tiny pieces of metal or possibly powder.
One thing about this gun is that I have used it with this barrel installed for over 13 years now and I have shot a lot of high preassure loads during my 10mm load developement years.
Recoil was standard so I didn't really think muc about the spray hitting my face for a few seconds but then I felt blood starting to stream down my left cheek.
I lowered the gun touched my face with my left hand and when I took it away my hand was covered in blood. I then looked at the gun and that is when I saw the top of the chamber missing from it.
There was also a 1" hole in the new aluminum roof 4' above where I was holding the gun. Other than the fine spray that hit my face I really didn't feel anything out of the ordinary. The mag had also been forced down partially out about 1" as well, I had even heard the bullet hit the target like normal or maybe the sound I heard was the chamber metal blowing through the aluminum roof....
It's enough to make a fellow cry I have over $3000.00 invested in this gun over the years and it was my pride and joy.....
Other than the light spray that I felt on my cheek I am totally ok and the bleeding stopped in less than a minute as well.
I have pic's but have never taken the time to learn how to post them. I'll send them to Gibb505 and get him to post them for me.
