Almost a KABOOM! Beware!

[marv]

I had that happen with my favorite revo, and reman .38 LWC. Luckily I was shooting slow. If I'd been doing doubletaps the gun and maybe a couple of hands would have been destroyed.

 

[wally]

Saw something similar at a match a couple of weeks ago, though the ammo being used was handloads

Unfortunately its not a rare event when shooting reloads.

 

[MrMarty51]

A girl friend, years ago, wanted to try out My Colt Combat Commander, Yeah OK, She was an experienced shooter.
Fired one round and the pistol locked up.
She brought it over to Me and explained, I looked it over, the main frame was sprung as was the slide.
After I got it tore down, the barrel was shattered, no bullet stuck, just the shattered barrel.
I conceded that to the pistol having had a lot of rounds run through it and the barrel just finally crystalized.
Gave it to My Cousin, did`nt figure that pistol`d never be reliable again, His B.I.L. is a smithy, they worked it over, pressed the main frame back into shape and the slide too, picked up a new barrel, He has told Me several times that that 1911 is the sweetest shooting autoloading pistol He has ever owned and when He dies, that pistol is to come back to Me.
I havent fired the pistol since it has been functional but I hope that My Cousin lives a LOT longer and that when He does go, the pistol does get back to Me.

 

[MrMarty51]

OH YEAH, those were commercial reloads that was being fired when the barrel shattered.

 

[ATLDave]

Unfortunately its not a rare event when shooting reloads.

Well, I've fired many thousands of handloads and seen many hundreds of thousands, of handloaded rounds fired. That's the first time I'd seen it.

But there's a reason I don't shoot other people's reloads.

 

[SDGlock23]

I had that happen once, didn't go far enough down the barrel for the next round to chamber, but I knew something was wrong. Tula probably forgot to add powder to that particular one.

 

[boom boom]

One thing to remember when pushing a jacketed bullet out is that you can separate the jacket from the lead core. So use a wood dowel that is nearly the bore size rather than an old cleaning rod with a narrow diameter. From the OP's picture, it would appear that the base of the bullet is unjacketed so I would definitely push the bullet from the other side.

 

[BP Hunter]

This has happened to me twice on my .45 reloads when I skipped the power step. Both time, the next bullet just didn't seat it well. I had a wooden which easily knocked it out with a small rubber hammer.

 

[fpgt72]

Well, I've fired many thousands of handloads and seen many hundreds of thousands, of handloaded rounds fired. That's the first time I'd seen it.

But there's a reason I don't shoot other people's reloads.

Nail on head. I never shoot others reloads and I don't let others shoot mine. I have never had it happen with one of my loads, but then I am very careful during that process.

 

[Shipwreck]

Glad that worked out without a disaster happening!