Thought I'd relay an incident I had on Sunday as a reminder to pay attention whenever shooting. I recently purchased a 460 S & W revolver. Since it can shoot .45 Colt, 454 Casull as well as 460 ammo, I purchased a box of HSM Cowboy Action .45 rounds and a box of HSM 454 Casull rounds to practice/get used to the gun. Loaded the first cylinder with .45 Colt rounds. I was taking it easy, shooting single action when the 4th round had a 'pop', instead of a 'bang'. Thought I'd better check things out and sure enough, must have been no powder in the cartridge and it left the bullet lodged in the barrel. Got it pounded out and didn't have any further problems with the ammo. Had I shot the 5th round without checking, likely would have blown up the barrel at a minimum. Thank goodness I wasn't in a 'rapid fire' scenario, or might not have recognized the difference quick enough to stop.
So, moral of the story is: always pay attention and investigate anything that seems unusual when firing before touching off another round. BTW, I sent an email to HSM letting them know what happened and haven't heard a thing from them!
So, moral of the story is: always pay attention and investigate anything that seems unusual when firing before touching off another round. BTW, I sent an email to HSM letting them know what happened and haven't heard a thing from them!
