Prof Young
New member
Loaders:
See pic below.
Here's the data.
Firearm is a Rock Island 1911 45 acp.
Bullet is:
Titegroup 5.2 grains (Well that's what it was supposed to be.)
Berrys Plated 200 grain (45 acp)
1/2 crimp
Brass stamp is 45 AUTO R . P
The blast blew the mag out of the gun. That's it below the ruptured case. Mag release still works post-blast.
Scared the crap out of me (figuratively not literally).
The cause was surely an over load, but I'm not sure how it happened.
The bullets in that box came from three different reloading sessions. I was down to about the middle of the box when I got this one.
Course of action is to disassemble the remainder of those bullets. Take the gun apart and inspect it well. Rethink and improve my safety measures.
I "always" set/check my powder throw at the start of the reloading session and then check it again after a couple dozen cases. Sometimes I have to reset it by maybe one tenth of a grain. Oh, and I use a lee auto drum powder measure.
I make a visual check on the powder in the case and I'd think a double load would be very evident. I'm guessing I didn't do the visual check on this one.
Actually, if I have a finished bullet in my hands, and my mind has wandered and I realize I don't know for sure if I did a powder check on that bullet . . . it goes in the reject box.
I'm sure I made a mistake here and didn't catch it.
No injuries. Showed it to the range owner and he too thought it was an overload.
Thought and comments appreciated.
Life is good.
See pic below.
Here's the data.
Firearm is a Rock Island 1911 45 acp.
Bullet is:
Titegroup 5.2 grains (Well that's what it was supposed to be.)
Berrys Plated 200 grain (45 acp)
1/2 crimp
Brass stamp is 45 AUTO R . P
The blast blew the mag out of the gun. That's it below the ruptured case. Mag release still works post-blast.
Scared the crap out of me (figuratively not literally).
The cause was surely an over load, but I'm not sure how it happened.
The bullets in that box came from three different reloading sessions. I was down to about the middle of the box when I got this one.
Course of action is to disassemble the remainder of those bullets. Take the gun apart and inspect it well. Rethink and improve my safety measures.
I "always" set/check my powder throw at the start of the reloading session and then check it again after a couple dozen cases. Sometimes I have to reset it by maybe one tenth of a grain. Oh, and I use a lee auto drum powder measure.
I make a visual check on the powder in the case and I'd think a double load would be very evident. I'm guessing I didn't do the visual check on this one.
Actually, if I have a finished bullet in my hands, and my mind has wandered and I realize I don't know for sure if I did a powder check on that bullet . . . it goes in the reject box.
I'm sure I made a mistake here and didn't catch it.
No injuries. Showed it to the range owner and he too thought it was an overload.
Thought and comments appreciated.
Life is good.