8! Rounds stacked?

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I never cease to be amazed! I count eight jacketed rounds stacked in an 8 3/8" barrel. This requires seven rounds fired behind the squib, and that requires a reload to make it happen:eek:! Amazing!

I have no personal knowledge of the details surrounding this fiasco. Wish I could see the cylinder of the gun pictured. All I've got is this photo that was sent to me. Does not appear to be photo shopped to me. Can't believe anyone would sacrifice a barrel just to "create" this photo, but folks do strange things these days. I'm just posting this up FWIW because I can (sadly) believe that there is someone out there these days who may have just kept on shooting till this happened!

In any case, I have to say, if it doesn't sound right or feel right, STOP SHOOTING! and investigate. Be safe out there!
 

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I've posted this before, but here one with 6 rds in the tube. What's different is that three of them are tracer with the last one cooked off.
(I imagine that's what finally got their attention....)

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I recently bought a 1917 S&W 45 that had Finally blown the bbl out to the left with 4 bullets stacked in there. Only paid 50 bucks thinking of rebarreling. Sitting on my table and a guy came along and wanted to buy it. He paid 125..sheesh! I shoulda kept it!
 
I had a Kansas City RM that when I had it restored the restorer pointed out to me that it had a bulged bbl that you could feel when cleaning the bbl out with a cleaning rod. Nothing visible externally, and did not seem to effect its shooting. Later gave it to my little brother and he and my nieces enjoy shooting it.

You feally have to wonder how someone could stack up squibs like that and not notice...
 
Well, they say revolvers don't jam as easily as semi-autos, even with crummy ammo. Depending on how you look at things, the photo reinforces that sentiment, or dispels it.
 
I taught my wife's brother how to reload. He immediately "taught" his wife.

She came to get me one day, maybe a week later. Asked how to get a stuck bullet out of the barrel.

Ruger NM Blackhawk 357. Had five 125 JHPs stuck in it.
 
Alpo said:
She came to get me one day, maybe a week later. Asked how to get a stuck bullet out of the barrel.

Ruger NM Blackhawk 357. Had five 125 JHPs stuck in it.
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So, on a serious note, how did you get them out? And is it wise to do so?

Is the gun just a paperweight after that, or a new barrel a requirement, or is there a way to get them out and determine if the barrel is bulged or not and maybe have it safe to shoot?
 
forindooruseonly said:
So, on a serious note, how did you get them out? And is it wise to do so?

Is the gun just a paperweight after that, or a new barrel a requirement, or is there a way to get them out and determine if the barrel is bulged or not and maybe have it safe to shoot?
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Pulled the cylinder, had her hold it muzzle-up on a bench, dropped an M16 cleaning rod section down the muzzle and started tapping it with a hammer.

One stuck bullet won't hurt anything. The problem is with multiples.

When you fire a gun, the bullet going down the barrel is pushing air in front of it. If the bore is blocked the air starts to compress, leading to one of three things.

Compressed air blows the blockage free with no damage. Best possible outcome.

Compressed air overcomes strength of steel barrel and slightly expands it before blockage comes free. Depending on how much expansion you have anything from a "ringed" barrel to a "bulged" barrel. This may or may not affect accuracy, and may or may not affect appearance, but at least no one was hurt.

Worst scenario. Compression bursts barrel. Barrel ruined on gun. If automatic pistol, slide possibly ruined. Possible injury to shooter and bystanders.

These happen when a full-power bullet is shot in a plugged barrel.

When powderless bullets go to the plug, the air is not compressed enough to either clear the plug or to damage the barrel, and they just stack.
 
I thought I loaded some super light loads. That guy has got to be the Evil Kineval of handloaders.:eek:
 
Nothing new, I remember a LGS having one like that on display over 40 years ago.
They also had rifles and shotguns with burst barrels.:eek:

If it makes someone stop and think when they see something like that it could save lots of pain and maybe some lost eyes and limbs.
 
Ok ok I'll be the one to say it ... It can happen pretty easily
I've never stacked one on top the other , but only because the bullet was lodged in the forcing cone
I didn't feel any difference in recoil or report , just couldn't cock it again
I now shine a light into EVERY case before I start seating/crimping operations
I had a friend stack several in a model of 1989 .... I used to want to buy that gun off him haha
 
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