Walt Sherrill
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OhioGuy said:But after 50 repeated runs, I fired the round. It fired. Don't know what else to say.
Can't say that necessarily establishes anything, but in at least that case, 50 chambering of the round didn't appear to cause any problems.
The round will almost certainly fire -- that's not the issue. That you had a round go off wasn't surprising. But you obviously didn't understand that what you were doing was potentially very dangerous.
With round setback, the pressures generated inside the round can increase, sometimes substantially, and that increased pressure can lead to a damaging explosion that could have damaged both the gun and YOU!!
It would have made far more sense to simply measured the round after it had been chambered so many times, but since you didn't understand what the consequences of bullet setback could do, you weren't concerned.
If setback is an issue, it can be measured by using a micrometer (or in some cases, a ruler.) Setback rounds need to disposed of safely or disassembled and reloaded.
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