Ripped cases

[iouri]

Picked up couple ripped cases at the range today (not mine ). Never seen anything like it. What could have caused such damage, extractor ? They look like factory cases...

 

[oberon]

Those jammed in the ejection port.That's what the 'V' shaped slice & dent marks are.
The very first roundIi ever shot out of my 1911A1 many, many years ago hung up like that and peeled a curl right down the side of the case about 3/16 or so of an inch. Looked like a freekin' scuplture. I still have it sitting on a shelf.

 

[iouri]

Thanks, oberon, now that you told - it all makes sense and seems kind of obvious

 

[Granddad]

And judging from the drag marks on the primer, I wonder if it the shooter's pistol may have been coming out of battery a bit early (which could be related to the case hitting the ejection port. Seems like a little "tuning" could be in order.

 

[dla]

It doesn't look like a Glock. Any guess to the make of the pistol? Looks like it has an oval-shaped firing pin channel.

 

[iouri]

No clue, haven't seen who was shooting, I just grabbed all the brass around

 

[David Sinko]

My revolvers never do that.

Now that I think about it, neither do my Glocks.

Dave Sinko