DirtyHarold
New member
Hi folks.
Recently I shot a 158 gr 357 mag American Eagle round out of my SP101 and it caused quite a difficult extraction. I was able to get it out finally and I noticed that there was one particular spot where the case was bulged about 3 mm above the rim of the case. It was not all the way around the case.
It was a mixed box of ammo and there only happened to be one American Eagle round in there, none of the other loads did this, I think they were fiocci 125 gr, but I know that American Eagle loads are typically HOT. does this just sound like it’s a weak spot in that one case or does it sound like an issue with the cylinder getting weak?
I once had a 44 mag blow up in my hands so I’m looking for opinions first before I go out and just try it again. I’m not interested in that happening twice.
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Recently I shot a 158 gr 357 mag American Eagle round out of my SP101 and it caused quite a difficult extraction. I was able to get it out finally and I noticed that there was one particular spot where the case was bulged about 3 mm above the rim of the case. It was not all the way around the case.
It was a mixed box of ammo and there only happened to be one American Eagle round in there, none of the other loads did this, I think they were fiocci 125 gr, but I know that American Eagle loads are typically HOT. does this just sound like it’s a weak spot in that one case or does it sound like an issue with the cylinder getting weak?
I once had a 44 mag blow up in my hands so I’m looking for opinions first before I go out and just try it again. I’m not interested in that happening twice.
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