Stonecrusher
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Thanks for the explanations guys. Always learning in this game!
Anyone else had this happen?
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Pistolero
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I had some moderate loads of W820 jam the cases in a .45 Colt due to the VERY fine ball powder
being wedged between the brass and the chamber. The only explanation is that the pressure puffed
out the case neck before the front portion of the powder was burning and it flowed around the bullet
and then did a U-turn and flowed rearward between case and chamber. Hard to get the cases out,
powder not burned, but hammered really flat.
The relate to what Ian said.
Bill
being wedged between the brass and the chamber. The only explanation is that the pressure puffed
out the case neck before the front portion of the powder was burning and it flowed around the bullet
and then did a U-turn and flowed rearward between case and chamber. Hard to get the cases out,
powder not burned, but hammered really flat.
The relate to what Ian said.
Bill
I was surprised a few years ago firing a friends contender. I shot one of his reloads and opened the action when I heard some noise. I tiltes the barrel up quickly and extracted a case with a decapping pin in it. His comment " I wondered where that went to". Low pressure rounds but I was shocked that the decapping pin would stay in the case after being fired. He said he loaded a round, dropped it in a bucket and then noticed he had no pin on the decapper. Lee turret press was his tool at the time.
Stonecrusher
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The checks crimp on snugly. If you are talking about the half moon, that was my mistake. The big divot in the center is from the decapping pin when I resized the case.