close call

[matt 3669]

was shooting my friends full auto model b and had a 9mm round fire out of battery. all that was left of the case was the bottom of the case where the primer is. the projectile almost made it out of the barrel. glad i noticed it still in there before taking onother shot. after further checking the round that was shot prior to the round that fired out of battery, half of the front of the case stayed in the chamber, case seperated due to poor reloading. so when the next round went into the chamber it stoped and the bolt hit the round. there were chunks of brass in the reciever locking the bolt in place. i always were eye protection but for some reason i was not. i felt a small piece of brass hit near my eye. im o.k. and were not going to shoot any of that ammo again, ammo was not reloaded by me or him

 

[Basenji703]

Glad it didn't turn out bad...

 

[StooperZero]

It's all part of the game. The shitty part of it.


I've only had one round of my own reloads get stupid, all the rest were WWB or Rem greenbox 9mm

 

[linenoise]

I have had horrible luck with Freedom Munitions...even the "new" manufacture ammo.

 

[Dodger]

Was the OP shooting Freedom Ammo?

I've been shooting Freedom ammo for 6 months in .45, 5.56, and 9mm without issues. I don't think they're any better or worse than anyone else. For recreational target shooting, this is fine ammo. There are a group of 4 other guys I shoot with who've been shooting it longer without issues. Sometimes you get bad ammo fresh out of the box and sometimes it's a bad reload. I'm not their paid spokesman, but I use it and don't know why they seem to get mentioned negatively on this forum...?

 

[StooperZero]

Only real crap I've had is WWB and Independent .
Rem greenbox had me scared to death to shoot through anything with a barrel longer than 5" .

Oh.. there was Olympic too but we wont go there.

 

[Patton250]

I've only had it happen once. I always wear eye protection but thankfully because of the advice of some of the forum members here I was wearing gloves as well. With my OOB my entire upper blue. I'm sure glad I have those gloves on. Glad you're okay.

 

[Old Soldier]

Reloading

Wow, good thing that you noticed it?

What reloading issue would cause that? A high primer?

Pat

 

[StooperZero]

bad brass is one thing.


I've had new in bag winchester and remington brass fail after 1 shot and some pieces on intial sizing.