This is a 40 S&W fired out of my Beretta 96. This is the first reload in over 15 years that went bad. The first one and second one fired with no problems then came the third round.
I knew something was wrong pretty fast when some debris hit my face and I noticed black marks on my right hand. You have to love safety glasses. The case was still in the chamber minus the rim and head. The force of the pressure had partially knock out the side arm that connects the trigger to the firing pin.
I did a fast check of the gun then took it to the house. I was lucky the case came out with a small punch and was really stuck. The trigger spring had slipped off of the bar that puts the trigger into ready action for double action.
I took my time and replaced the spring and checked the slide, barrel and frame for any other damage. There was none that I could see. This was a long process searching for small cracks etc.
Now my attention went into what went wrong. My guess at the time was that the case did not chamber, I checked about 50 reloads in the barrel and everything was fine. Maybe it was this one case. I then took the gun outside and chambered one round from the magazine. I fired it and then that is when I found out my extractor was broken. So I loaded the magazine and tried to cycle the rounds through without firing. Yes the extractor was finished. It appears a small piece broke off.
I then checked the round I just fired and I will have to get a photo up but things were not right with the primer. The primer had expanded and was visitable larger. Though the firing pin mark wasn't really that much different. So now my suspicions are on the rounds that I just reloaded.
Since I am in doubt I will pull them 50 that I have left. I'm not sure went wrong but experience tells me the primer isn't right. I know it is the correct primer for sure. I only had small and large pistol primers around when I made these last week. I will check my powder weight when I pull the bullets.
I knew something was wrong pretty fast when some debris hit my face and I noticed black marks on my right hand. You have to love safety glasses. The case was still in the chamber minus the rim and head. The force of the pressure had partially knock out the side arm that connects the trigger to the firing pin.
I did a fast check of the gun then took it to the house. I was lucky the case came out with a small punch and was really stuck. The trigger spring had slipped off of the bar that puts the trigger into ready action for double action.
I took my time and replaced the spring and checked the slide, barrel and frame for any other damage. There was none that I could see. This was a long process searching for small cracks etc.
Now my attention went into what went wrong. My guess at the time was that the case did not chamber, I checked about 50 reloads in the barrel and everything was fine. Maybe it was this one case. I then took the gun outside and chambered one round from the magazine. I fired it and then that is when I found out my extractor was broken. So I loaded the magazine and tried to cycle the rounds through without firing. Yes the extractor was finished. It appears a small piece broke off.
I then checked the round I just fired and I will have to get a photo up but things were not right with the primer. The primer had expanded and was visitable larger. Though the firing pin mark wasn't really that much different. So now my suspicions are on the rounds that I just reloaded.
Since I am in doubt I will pull them 50 that I have left. I'm not sure went wrong but experience tells me the primer isn't right. I know it is the correct primer for sure. I only had small and large pistol primers around when I made these last week. I will check my powder weight when I pull the bullets.
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