09-06-2019, 02:05 PM
Chuck,
No reason to be too concerned if the bullet doesn't make it out...As long as you don't fire another one behind it. As for when bullets get stuck half way down, use a rod and tap them out, that's what you do when you slug a barrel and that's what your gunsmith would have done.
A few reasons why the bullet might have got stuck and the most obvious one is no powder or an under-load. If there was more smoke than normal with a hissing sound it's failure to obdurate. The neck doesn't expand and seal so the gas escapes backwards around the case and out the action. If the neck has a split you can almost guarantee this with low pressure rounds.
That's a lot of powder to give away. My advice, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
No reason to be too concerned if the bullet doesn't make it out...As long as you don't fire another one behind it. As for when bullets get stuck half way down, use a rod and tap them out, that's what you do when you slug a barrel and that's what your gunsmith would have done.
A few reasons why the bullet might have got stuck and the most obvious one is no powder or an under-load. If there was more smoke than normal with a hissing sound it's failure to obdurate. The neck doesn't expand and seal so the gas escapes backwards around the case and out the action. If the neck has a split you can almost guarantee this with low pressure rounds.
That's a lot of powder to give away. My advice, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.