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Old 08-16-2016, 03:05 PM
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IMO, no. The primer looks perfectly normal. I have seen a few doubles as a range SO, the primer pocket always shows pressure signs. I am still betting OOB firing. What recoil spring are you running? Soft recoil spring, sticky firing pin, something went wrong, but I doubt it was the load.
Standard recoil spring the Gold Cup came with. Firing pin and channel are fine. Yes could have been a OOB. My money is still on setback after the test this morning. Truth is we will never know.
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GUYS-All reloaders --I know this post is over but look at post 22. That round in the top of the magazine looks to have blown also to me. It did not blow in from the one above it.-- it blew out. A double explosion? The front of the bullet looks melted from the escaping gases with that round? That must be some soft lead? The stocks should have been blown off unless they were hard rubber. Domino effect? That is brass in Magloades face. Not powder. I like honest posts. People new to reloading have not got the screw ups down as much as a 40 year reloader. The mistakes stick in your mind. If the bullet in the magazine had the proper crimp the magazine would have blown out the bottom with out the bullet being set back. I have used his powder but backed off to 38s because it spikes too much for me in 45 ACP. I welcome another opinion. When the one in the barrel went off with the bullet seated lower in the case it blew the web because of a fast powder and pressure sent the next round back and set the powder off in the magazine. The guy was lucky they all did not go off because of the loose crimp.

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There were problems with TiteGroup in 12-gauge trap shotshell loads too. The small drops barely covered the base wad and double charges were very easy to miss as the crimp wouldn't give it away by being convex as with most other powders. Because of that, I've always preferred slower burning powders over the faster ones like TG in all shells, handgun included, because they require heavier powder charges. But it's inexpensive to buy and use and that appeals to a lot of shooters.

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Yes sir hard rubber grips.
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