This reminds me of something that happened to me when I first started shooting. I bought some 38 special reloads (yeah...never again), that were 158 LRN over what I believe to be tightgroup. The first shot seemed hot. My second mistake (first mistake was buying reloads), was to shoot another. Chalk it up to inexperience...that second shot felt VERY stout. I figured I'd shoot again (what was wrong with me!?!?! More inexperience)! This time the trigger wouldn't budge. Once I managed to get the cylinder open I had completely flattened primers. The first brass that was shot managed to be persuaded out with a stick. The second shot needed a punch and a hammer. It was that stuck. I returned the box to the store and of course there was "nothing wrong with the rest of them". Never bought another reload.

So from what I'm reading here is that in order to see pressure signs like I noticed, those shots were over standard 357 magnum pressures! This was shot in an airweight 38 special.

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Jim