Bullett stuck in barrel!?

[Outlaw]

So I was trying to save some money and bought some reloaded .45 at the Greenfield gun show a while back. I thought they may have been a better quality than the steel case ammo I was shooting before.

I've had quite a few fail to fire ( about 10% ).

Today one got stuck in my barrel! Wtf?

Yet another lesson learned.

 

[printcraft]

So I was trying to save some money and bought some reloaded .45 at the Greenfield gun show a while back. I thought they may have been a better quality than the steel case ammo I was shooting before.

I've had quite a few fail to fire ( about 10% ).

Today one got stuck in my barrel! Wtf?

Yet another lesson learned.

Good thing you didn't fire after that squib.

 

[JetGirl]

Buying unknown reloads is only good for one thing... COMPONENTS!!

 

[printcraft]

Buying unknown reloads is only good for one thing... COMPONENTS!!

Or gifts for inlaws you don't like....... sort of like a fruitcake......


Although, I like fruitcake.....

 

[TopDog]

Buying unknown reloads is only good for one thing... COMPONENTS!!

I agree with JetGirl (by the way where are those T-Shirts?)

 

[adam]

Ah hell you can just shoot those out

 

[JetGirl]

Although, I like fruitcake.....

You are what you eat.

I agree with JetGirl (by the way where are those T-Shirts?)

$114.92 plus shipping. Just send me payment and I'll get one right out to you.

 

[sloughfoot]

Don't try this at home, but I had a squib once on a noisy, high intensity training class firing line. I kept shooting several hundred rounds during the rest of the day.

The second bullet smacked into the lodged bullet and they both left the barrel. It swelled the barrel under the locking lugs into the slide. Instant accuracy job.

I still have that 1911 and I'll bet I have 20,000 rounds through it since that day in 1990.

 

[TopDog]

You are what you eat.

$114.92 plus shipping. Just send me payment and I'll get one right out to you.

OUCH! Is that with the INGO discount?

 

[JetGirl]

OUCH! Is that with the INGO discount?

Oh, heck no.
INGO price; $159.99. (Free Shipping!!)

 

[Twentyfootdaredevil]

I tried to do the same thing recently. I bought some commercially loaded ammo. It was supposed to have been Leo once fired that had been put through all of the paces. I thought for $10 a box I couldn't go wrong. I was wrong, if it would even chamber(bulged cases) you could be sure to have some other problem.

 

[TopDog]

Oh, heck no.
INGO price; $159.99. (Free Shipping!!)

The check is in the mail.

 

[Outlaw]

Good thing you didn't fire after that squib.

Ya I'm def happy I caught it. Kind of a ***** to get out too. Now what to do with all these ftf's and the 200 rds left over?

 

[Twentyfootdaredevil]

Ya I'm def happy I caught it. Kind of a ***** to get out too. Now what to do with all these ftf's and the 200 rds left over?

I pulled mine.

 

[NinnJinn]

pull the bullets and if you don't reload then sell the brass to recoup some of $$ spent.

 

[Outlaw]

I don't reload but I've been thinking about getting into it. I know where I can get a pretty nice setup pretty cheap.

 

[Menace67]

Definately don't shoot any more! Set them off to the side and when you start to reload pull them and reuse the brass and bullets.

 

[gabrigger]

I never trust reloads from a gun show. You never know what kind of quality control (if any) went into them. I only trust my reloads.

 

[mike8170]

Don't try this at home, but I had a squib once on a noisy, high intensity training class firing line. I kept shooting several hundred rounds during the rest of the day.

The second bullet smacked into the lodged bullet and they both left the barrel. It swelled the barrel under the locking lugs into the slide. Instant accuracy job.

I still have that 1911 and I'll bet I have 20,000 rounds through it since that day in 1990.

That is one rough way to tighten up and old "rattletrap"

 

[Aszerigan]

I never trust reloads from a gun show. You never know what kind of quality control (if any) went into them. I only trust my reloads.

I don't think that one bad experience with reloaded ammo should deter you from trying other brands. It's like having one bad experience with the wait staff at a restaurant, then swearing off ever eating there again. It's not the restaurant's fault.

There is SO MUCH animosity toward commercial reloaders on the internet. Everyone says they'll never shoot 'commercial reloads', but they've never tried it, so they don't know how good it can be.

Some commercial reloaders have very high quality control. Perhaps you may never shoot 'Brand X' again, but I urge you to try the other options on the menu before making a blanket statement like that.