The less than Perfect Model 28

[paragain]

I have to admit that over the years I have gained some wisdom and it came at some expense to my nerves and pocket book. Here is an example of my reloading and having a scotch just relax after a long day at work. Warning not for the faint of heart.
Enjoy at my expense.........

 

[ben_g1]

Wanna sell that, I need a pencil holder for my desk?

 

[36general]

Wow... I was hoping to see some nice 28's.

I guarantee that pencil is a lot sharper than the man who reloads while drunk...

 

[old bear]

Two thoughts, 1- I hope no one was hurt. 2- Thanks for sharing a valuable less, about how careful you have to be when reloading.

 

[g8rb8]

Possible captions for those photos:
1. Reloading and Scotch do not mix.
2. Next time I won't listen to Uncle Stumpy when he says, "I bet you can put 1 extra grain of powder in those cartridges."
3. "Well, I was in a shoot out and the gun was hit by a stray round."
4. "This was the results of a physics experiment. Honest."
5. "I thought it might cure my carpal tunnel syndrome."
6. "Blankety-blank, 'Rasum-frasum' cheap S&W's. It's going back to S&W and they better treat me right."
7. What happens to your guns if your wife thinks you spend too much time at the shooting range.
8. "Well, after I was abducted and probed the little green guys took my S&W for experiments and this is how I got it back."
9. "I got dry eye problems and cannot make tears and I thought this might cure it."
10. "Yep. Scotch and reloading do not mix."

Seriously, I agree with old bear. Thanks for sharing a valuable lesson about being careful when reloading, and I also hope no one was hurt.

 

[jack the toad]

Not to make light of a bad and potentially dangerous situation (hope the shooter faired better than the gun), but how many grains of that scotch did you load?
Seriously though, I am sorry about the gun and I learn lessons all the time. Luckily I still have my fingers & eyes.
And I think you admitting and showing the WWW the dangers is a good reminder what can and does happen.

 

[silentflyer]

Sort of reinforces the no booze till the job is done. What powder were you loading with? Personally I never use anything but a powder that fills the case to the point a double charge can't happen, and back it up with an inspection of every case in the loading block with a flash light to make sure they are all the same. Glad you weren't hurt.

 

[damienph]

That is the result of one scotch? I guess it is good that you show what happens when you reload while distracted (under the influence, whatever) but I probably would not have admitted to being such an irresponsible dumb **s.

By the way, it is not that nice old model 28 that is less than perfect...

 

[jrd1976]

I've come close to doing that without the scotch, but I get the point.

 

[k22fan]

I opened the thread hoping to see pictures of slightly ratty 28s that still shoot great. This is the first picture I've seen of an N frame .38/.357 that burst. There is a lot of steel surrounding those chambers so you must have loaded multiple charges of a fast burning powder. Like others have posted this is a good reminder that we need to focus our attention on the job.

 

[G-Mac]

That ain't going to buff out.

 

[alwslate]

Are you saying you loaded those shells with Scotch instead of powder?
Might have gotten away with it if you had used a slower burning Scotch.
I'm sure you will keep your bottle of Scotch off the loading bench from
now on.

 

[UncleEd]

And I thought 27s and 28s were indestructible.

 

[OLDSTER]

YIKES "KABOOM"

 

[ralph7]

Sort of reinforces the no booze till the job is done. What powder were you loading with?
Personally I never use anything but a powder that fills the case to the point a double charge can't happen, and back it up with an inspection of every case in the loading block with a flash light to make sure they are all the same. Glad you weren't hurt.

Maybe he did just that with Bullseye.

 

[paragain]

Ease up guys this happened over 40 years ago when I was young and stupid. Lessons learned long ago and remembered to this day....

 

[UncleEd]

Handloaders for rifles do it all the time and are perfectly sober.

It's winter and a load seems anemic even though it's at the recommended maximums from several references. So up goes
the charge and then the ammo is taken out during the summer
and allowed to warm and warm.

And KABOOM.

The manuals attempt to take into account all weather conditions,
variances in brass, loading dies and sometimes even scales.
So sometimes a load seems "wrong" but it's not.

 

[damienph]

Ease up guys this happened over 40 years ago when I was young and stupid. Lessons learned long ago and remembered to this day....

My response would have been different if you had stated in your first post that you had done this over forty years ago. In your original post it seemed to me that you were pretty nonchalant about drinking while reloading and destroying a fine revolver.

 

[glenncal1]

A double Scotch is OK (no driving) but a double charge not so much.

 

[Hapworth]

That is the result of one scotch? I guess it is good that you show what happens when you reload while distracted (under the influence, whatever) but I probably would not have admitted to being such an irresponsible dumb **s.

By the way, it is not that nice old model 28 that is less than perfect...

So the OP tries to turn a negative into a positive by using his error as a warning to others. Makes him a stand-up guy.

You dump on him for it (doesn't matter when the kaboom happened, forty years ago or yesterday), and declare that your policy in the event of a royal screw up is never to tell anyone what you did.

Got it.