sparkyv
Member
I hadn't had Callahan at the range for almost a year, and I was excited when he came up in the rotation when I was done shooting my 10mms. I loaded up 6 rounds of 755fps Cat Sneezes to warm up, but didn't pay close attention as I grabbed the cartridges. I was just too excited. Well I lit off the first round and experienced a WAY louder than expected report and SIGNIFICANT recoil. I thought that I remembered my Cat Sneeze loads were lighter than that, but it'd been so long that maybe I just didn't remember what they felt like. So I lit off the second round, and it went (or at least it seemed like it went) "pffft". Oh great, a DUD I told myself. Well there were two holes in my target, but I opened up the cylinder anyway and found no obstruction. Hmmm. I lit of another and "pffft". Then I realized that I loaded up 5 Cat Sneezes and one Elmer Keith round. I had started with a 1,467fps round instead of my intended 755fps rounds for my warmup. I was confused for a few moments, but the silver lining: no squib!
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