What kind of .357?

[GotLead]

I just bough a buddies dad's S&W 327 Night Guard and it came with some ammo... There were 20 rounds of what I was told was Buffalo Bore, but no box. It has Starline Brass and a half jacketed HP bullet. I cannot find this on the Buffalo Bore website...

Anyways I shot only one round of it and it was loud and recoil heavy. I noticed I couldn't not fire another round... The brass was pushed back just a little enough so that it could not turn the cylinder. I was able to open the cylinder after some force, and was not able to extract the casing. I tapped out the casing and found the primer is very flattened and there are 2 bulges in the case. This was pretty damn hot of a load, and wanted to find the specs on it... Anyone know anything about this ammo?

Thanks very much for your time.

 

[Dump1567]

I can't tell you what ammo it is, but my rule is never shoot mystery ammo. That's what makes guns go kaboom.

You're assuming it's factory, but it could just as easily be mystery reloads.

$10 worth of free ammo isn't worth your gun blowing-up.

Dump it & stick with factory purchased.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Like said above that could easily be a reload and a hot reload at that. That's an expensive gun to be shooting unknown ammo through. I would contact your friends dad and ask him about that ammo again. He might be mistaken. Factory ammo with a Starline case rarely has a silver primer. (but who knows)