I took out a newbie to pistol shooting this afternoon. he did well, but my Colt .38 super did not. the first few magazines it shot great, then not. the fifth round would not eject the casing. did not matter which of 4 magazines I used, did not matter if I was shooting it slow or rapidly. I could remove the casing and then it would shoot the rest just fine.
when it first happened he was shooting it and I thought he might be limp wristing it, but nope, did it for me.
these were my reloads, same load I have shot for months and months,jacketed round nose. I pulled cartridges from two different batches, no change. In fact, once it started doing this it did it every time, no exceptions. Brass was mixed but there was no correlation there.
Any ideas where to start looking?
David
BTW, this young man was a deer hunter, but new to pistols. We shot my Ruger gp100, S&W .41 magnum, a few different 1911s all in .45 and my CZ75 clone in .40s&w. he loved them all.
when it first happened he was shooting it and I thought he might be limp wristing it, but nope, did it for me.
these were my reloads, same load I have shot for months and months,jacketed round nose. I pulled cartridges from two different batches, no change. In fact, once it started doing this it did it every time, no exceptions. Brass was mixed but there was no correlation there.
Any ideas where to start looking?
David
BTW, this young man was a deer hunter, but new to pistols. We shot my Ruger gp100, S&W .41 magnum, a few different 1911s all in .45 and my CZ75 clone in .40s&w. he loved them all.