About 8 years ago I loaded up 100 rnds of .45 Colt. Went to the range, loaded 6 rounds into the cylinder, pulled the hammer back and fired, completely missing the target. Hmmm...thats odd I thought. Fired a second shot that hit the bottom right corner of the target and thats when I realized something was wrong. The shot sounded more like a .22lr as opposed to a .45. After a few seconds, I shrugged thinking it was just my imagination. I fired a third time. No bullet impact on the target and again, it sounded like, and recoil wise, felt like I was shooting a .22lr. I was just about to fire a fourth shot when that little voice inside my head said "WHOAAAA...hold up there pardner!!!" I removed the cylinder from the gun and shone a flashlight done the bore. Complete darkness. Packed up, went home and spent a half hour with a wooden dowel and hammer tapping out the bullet stuck in the bore...and another 2 hours pulling bullets with an RCBS inertia bullet puller.
To this day, I still have no idea how I managed to load 100 rnds without a powder charge.
Second dumbest thing I (almost) did: I thought a .311 Sierra 174gr HPBT would make a great bullet for the 7.62x39mm.
There was that voice again!
To this day, I still have no idea how I managed to load 100 rnds without a powder charge.
Second dumbest thing I (almost) did: I thought a .311 Sierra 174gr HPBT would make a great bullet for the 7.62x39mm.
There was that voice again!
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