thebaldguy
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Hey folks! First post from a rookie! I like the forum a lot! I haven't seen this problem before, so I thought I'd ask. This happened years ago and it hasen't happened since. I have a Rossi 971 .357 Magnum. A friend and I were shooting it with some cheap .357 Magnum ammo. I think it was some reloads purchased at the gun shop and/or some American or Accurate ammunition. I was in college, and I was trying to save a few bucks on ammo. We shot it for a while, no problems. Seemed to work ok. Then, my friend pulls the trigger and we hear two pops. He tried to pull the trigger for the next shot, and the cylinder was frozen. It turned out that another cartridge also fired, and the partially fired bullet jammed the cylinder preventing rotation. We removed the bullet, examined the revolver, and things seemed to be ok. We had used up the cheap ammo, and I haven't used it since. Has anyone else had a slam/impact/concussion fire with a revolver? Is this a quality control problem with the ammo? By the way, this budget revolver is actually pretty good. Not very pretty, but actually pretty accurate.