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Old 03-21-2013, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by bgrafsr View Post
I was conducting a range session for the PD one time at our range which was behind the sewage treatment plant. When the City built it for us, they put gravel down to eliminate the mud at the range. Anyhoo, one of our guys dropped a round, .38 Special lead reload, and it must have fell with the case head down, as there was a crack, and a few of us jumped.

It was apparent that the round's primer had struck a sharp corner on a piece of gravel and the round went off. No one was hurt and it would not have cause any serious injury to anyone that may have been struck by the bullet or case. We looked for the case but never did find it.
That is a more likely situation where the bullet is not surrounded by the box and Styrofoam inside the box. Also, like said there a loose round will not fire like one in a barrel, it more or less comes apart. This is completely different than what was reported at the Dick's store.
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