After many years of shooting and reloading a very large quantity of all kinds of ammo I finally experienced my very first hangfire yesterday. I was shooting a mixed bag of 9mm through my 940 and number five in the cylinder delayed about a half a second before firing. It was a very unsettling experience and fortunately the revolver was still pointed at the target. If I had been shooting rapid fire and it had been any round other than number five, what would've happened? Has anybody ever experienced a hangfire when the cylinder was turning out of alignment with the barrel? When I think of all the light hits I have experienced while adjusting the mainspring tension in all my revolvers I am amazed that hangfires don't happen more often. It's a testament to the consistency and quality of primers on the market today.

Oh, and the round in question? It was CCI aluminum case Blazer, and BERDAN primed, so I know I didn't reload that one!

Dave Sinko