jmsj
08-25-2013, 04:31 PM
Hey Guys,
Something happened today that I have never seen before and was hoping that someone could explain it to me.
I just put a new Kart barrel into a 1911 and was firing some 185 grain SWC's.
I was firing toward a dirt berm and could see each shot spraying the dirt with each shot. Then I had a squib load, no dirt spray on the berm and the action did not cycle. I stopped and did not fire another round. I took the barrel out and knocked out the stuck bullet. The bullet came out very easily with a wooden dowel. I ran a patch down the barrel and noticed the barrel was ringed.
In the last 30 years I have had 2 stuck bullets in a bore and have not rung or bulged a barrel. Although they were in revolver barrels and not a 1911. I have seen bulged or ringed barrels before but I was under the assumption that they were caused from firing another round after a bullet had became lodged in the barrel. The ring or bulge is slight (.005") when measured w/ a micrometer on the outside of the barrel but is visible. The ring is about an inch ahead of the chamber. It is far enough back that the gun still cycles.
I am hoping someone could explain to me how a load that was too light to push a bullet out the bore or cycle the action could create enough pressure to bulge a barrel.
Thanks, jmsj
Something happened today that I have never seen before and was hoping that someone could explain it to me.
I just put a new Kart barrel into a 1911 and was firing some 185 grain SWC's.
I was firing toward a dirt berm and could see each shot spraying the dirt with each shot. Then I had a squib load, no dirt spray on the berm and the action did not cycle. I stopped and did not fire another round. I took the barrel out and knocked out the stuck bullet. The bullet came out very easily with a wooden dowel. I ran a patch down the barrel and noticed the barrel was ringed.
In the last 30 years I have had 2 stuck bullets in a bore and have not rung or bulged a barrel. Although they were in revolver barrels and not a 1911. I have seen bulged or ringed barrels before but I was under the assumption that they were caused from firing another round after a bullet had became lodged in the barrel. The ring or bulge is slight (.005") when measured w/ a micrometer on the outside of the barrel but is visible. The ring is about an inch ahead of the chamber. It is far enough back that the gun still cycles.
I am hoping someone could explain to me how a load that was too light to push a bullet out the bore or cycle the action could create enough pressure to bulge a barrel.
Thanks, jmsj