What's Wrong With This Picture?

[Bailey Guns]

No, not in technical or artistic terms.

This is some ammo I received as part of trade recently. It was loaded into an old 1911 magazine and the guy I got it from said it was his "duty" ammo (he worked security somewhere).

There were 7 rounds and they all looked pretty much like this one.

Notice how far the bullet has been pushed into the case from being repeatedly loaded into the gun. Best I can tell the bullet has been pushed in about 40% from where it was originally loaded. The jacket is also starting to separate from the lead core. Also, if you look closely, you can see a dent near the bottom of the case.

Luckily the guy never had to pull the trigger on one of these rounds. Probably would've felt like a ++P++! I don't know how much over-pressure something like this would cause but I'm guessing it would be substantial.

Just a reminder to you 1911 guys. Don't load the same cartridge into your gun more than 3 times or so. This is the result and it can be dangerous.

Hornady 185Gr JHP

[sabot_round]

WOW!! How can you not notice something like this as you are about to load your weapon? Was he blind?

[wrestler034]

That has Kaboom written all over it...

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Who ever loaded it didn't know what a taper crimp is!! Or any crimp for that matter!!

[Bailey Guns]

Who ever loaded it didn't know what a taper crimp is!! Or any crimp for that matter!!

It's factory stuff from Hornady. The guy loaded this thing into his gun probably a couple of hundred times over several years. Along with the other 6 cartridges.

I think Hornady could'a welded that bullet to the case and the result would'a been the same. Taper crimps only hold up to so much dumbassedness.

[Musashi]

Hmmm needs to learn to rotate or shoot his ammo out. I bet he cycled that mag for years....

[wrestler034]

Who ever loaded it didn't know what a taper crimp is!! Or any crimp for that matter!!

For sure. Were these supposed to be factory rounds?

[Bailey Guns]

Yeah, Hornady factory ammo.

I tried to press the bullet into the case a little further and it just won't go. I'm assuming the powder is completely compacted under the bullet.

[pookawa]

thanks for the reminder. I'm really good about checking (and not multi-loading rounds), but never hurts to double check every now and then.

[ray1970]

Don't forget to post up some pictures after you fire that round.








(I would have put some sort of cute picture after that sentence to let you know I am kidding but they are still working the bugs out after the big crash.)