JonF 79 Posted February 28, 2012 First off, not mine. i found this .45 recently in some range pickups, or more specificially, my resizing die found it and stopped the press dead in its tracks--there was no way it was going to iron out that lump! Thats a pretty damn nice pot belly its got going on, even more impressive that it didn't rupture. This isn't your standard Glocked brass, is it? I'm guessing its gotta be an OOB, no? Whoever touched this one off better count thier lucky stars they still have functional fingers ans/or gun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tj462nj 32 Posted February 28, 2012 wow, lucky they were J Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old School 611 Posted February 28, 2012 First off, not mine. i found this .45 recently in some range pickups, or more specificially, my resizing die found it and stopped the press dead in its tracks--there was no way it was going to iron out that lump! Thats a pretty damn nice pot belly its got going on, even more impressive that it didn't rupture. This isn't your standard Glocked brass, is it? I'm guessing its gotta be an OOB, no? Whoever touched this one off better count thier lucky stars they still have functional fingers ans/or gun. VERY IMPORTANT!!! Need to see the case head and the primer. Please hurry!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nikos 31 Posted February 28, 2012 I'm interested to see the primer as well. Yeah, that's one lucky SOB to avoid the KB. I wonder if he's oblivious to what his gun spit out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonF 79 Posted February 28, 2012 The headstamp is "R P" but the primer had already been knocked out with my decapper so there's no more evidence to see. Sorry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted February 28, 2012 if it fired OOB, wouldn't the whole thing KB? Seems like unsupported almost KB. =) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad G 345 Posted February 28, 2012 .45 is relatively low pressure, you'd be surprised that kind of abuse that case can take without exploding. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonF 79 Posted February 28, 2012 If so, that's a helluva of of "unsupported" area! The point to which the bulge tapers back seem like it could be the lateral terminus of the feed ramp of whatever barrel this was fired from. If so, im thinking it was sitting out of battery the distance form that point to where the shoulder of the body starts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted February 28, 2012 If so, that's a helluva of of "unsupported" area! The point to which the bulge tapers back seem like it could be the lateral terminus of the feed ramp of whatever barrel this was fired from. If so, im thinking it was sitting out of battery the distance form that point to where the shoulder of the body starts. If someone loaded it long I suppose it would not go all the way into battery. I have seen a few cases like that. It is remington nickel? or is that brass? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old School 611 Posted February 29, 2012 If someone loaded it long I suppose it would not go all the way into battery. I have seen a few cases like that. It is remington nickel? or is that brass? Maks - If it was loaded long one of two things would prevented it from firing depending on the pistol. Of course I'm referring to an in spec pistol. #1 the dsiconnector would prevent it from firing or #2 the firing pin block would prevent firing. Most out of battery firings are a combination of issues. I wanted to see the primer because it would have been easily identified as a GLOCK or not. I have heard that ( and it's a big secret) current production GLOCKs have more support in the chamber. Based on the amount of info any conclusion is speculation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shane45 807 Posted February 29, 2012 im thinking it was out of alignment in your press a bit and got the squeeze Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted February 29, 2012 Maks - If it was loaded long one of two things would prevented it from firing depending on the pistol. Of course I'm referring to an in spec pistol. #1 the dsiconnector would prevent it from firing or #2 the firing pin block would prevent firing. Most out of battery firings are a combination of issues. I wanted to see the primer because it would have been easily identified as a GLOCK or not. I have heard that ( and it's a big secret) current production GLOCKs have more support in the chamber. Based on the amount of info any conclusion is speculation. thanks for the explanation Frank. I just have a basic undestanding of guns.... all I know is how to make them go bang. =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old School 611 Posted February 29, 2012 thanks for the explanation Frank. I just have a basic undestanding of guns.... all I know is how to make them go bang. =P And I'm watching match results. Seems You're making them go bang pretty well too... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted February 29, 2012 And I'm watching match results. Seems You're making them go bang pretty well too... awwww, I got a fan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Mortimer 11 Posted February 29, 2012 im thinking it was out of alignment in your press a bit and got the squeeze I don't think so. I found a couple cases with the same "smile" on the base of the case while checking my brass before loading it. I guessed it was an unsupported chamber and a hot load. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shane45 807 Posted February 29, 2012 Gotcha. Must have been quite warm! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Ray 3,566 Posted February 29, 2012 reloaders Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonF 79 Posted February 29, 2012 Lol, Ray's jelly! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites