OOPS!!! Blowed Up .41 Mag

[Vanman]

Shawn you can reach my buddy Dean at
http://www.thegunzone.com/

 

[shawn mccarver]

Originally posted by Vanman:
Shawn you can reach my buddy Dean at
http://www.thegunzone.com/

I already know where to find him! Read his stuff all the time.

 

[.455_Hunter]

Imagine if you had some rifle powder left in there and it went into some of your pistol reloads.

Just a thought- Seems to me that a charge of rifle powder in a pistol cartridge, while not a recommended practice, would not be a disaster. Rifle powder burns slower than pistol powder, and would not create an over pressure situation, just an excessive fire ball and low velocity performance. Kinda of like shooting Fg black powder in your 1851 Colt Navy instead of the proper FFFg.

Maybe somebody with more reloading knowledge can chime in.

 

[duckloads]

does anyone know the real story on this failure?

 

[jrod]

All I can say is:THAT SUCKS!

 

[Rigmover]

Bummer!!! Got to hate when that happens!!..diffenately a double charge of fast burning powder hope no one was hurt.

 

[Bobwtn]

R.I.P. nice S & W

 

[grub348]

The grips look okay.

 

[glypnir]

So does that really belong in the top break section?

 

[SWAT Lt.]

I believe Alliant just come out with a warning not to use Blue Dot with some .357 Mag and .41 Mag loads/bullets because they're dangerous? Could be the reloader used the proper charge and was using one of the newly declared dangerous loadings.