Jon

This is what I'm thinking. I need to spend more time inspecting brass. Unknown. This was a range pick-up. Here are pics of the chamber: The primer shows no signs of over-pressure in person, it just looks that way in the photo. The reason I disagree with overpressure, is that I would have expected some bulging of the case. In this case it appears more that the case sheared away in a specific spot with little stretching of the brass itself. Yup. This will be my MO from now on. Thanks, I'm glad too! [HK Kool-aid]I do wonder how another plastic-framed .45 would have handled a similar failure vs the almighty USP[/HK Kool-aid] No barrel bulge or cracks. Drawers appear clean

5.6gr W231, 230gr plated round nose, 1.260 oal Highlight above text for load data. Use it at your own risk!

LOL! I'll bet that crappy HK is why I still have hands

So, I had an exciting evening. I was shooting my USP45 without any problems when a round exploded inside the chamber. The case extracted and ejected just fine and the bullet struck the target. This load is approaching max for standard pressure .45, but I have fired many thousand rounds of this exact load without issue. The magazine blew out of the mag-well and I felt a bunch of crap hit my face(this is why we wear eye-pro kiddies!). So far, the gun seems fine, but I have to strip it down and clean it out before I'll feel confident firing it again. Here are pictures of the problem round: After having a chat with Old School, we're thinking it was a crap case that was just due for failure. That coupled with a somewhat hot load resulted in the case failure and resulting boom.

I'm currently building a HD/competition/riot/allotherpurposes rem 870 right now. I will be shipping the barrel off to be cut, have the forcing cone lengthened and a new sight installed. Should give it an incredibly tight pattern out to 50 yards with 00 and 1 buck.

Yes. Hacksaw and a file. Just be mindful of length! Also, cutting the barrel is a good excuse to send it out for the forcing cone to be lengthened.

Give Maks a shout, I think he still uses the Lee dies, or at least he did.

Hrm...

Yup.

USP45.

Like HE said, the evidence strongly supports that is an overall crappy round for practical performance. With that being said, having shot Tony's 5-7, the damn thing is just fun to shoot. Large muzzle blast with no recoil, flat shooting, just an overall enjoyable range gun. Keep in mind that some ranges will not allow it due to a fear of excessive wear to the backstop.

This.

I'd give it a whirl.

NJ buyers go through PA NICS when buying from a PA FFL, but it costs less than NJ's fees. Also, the information you received from Bangers is incorrect. Many of us purchase long guns in PA.

Yes to both, but they must both go through an FFL. If it's a long gun, you can use an FFL in PA to conduct the transfer. If a handgun, the transfer must take place at an FFL in NJ, and be transferred using a pistol permit.

The one that you can flip for more money... In all seriousness, if you had to keep it, [holds nose] you'd be better off with the... [gulp]... glock.

Keep in mind the wait times are based entirely on each individual Police Dept. Some PD's turn them around in a week, others take 8 months.

No, you're thinking of the case where the Marlin Mod 60 caused an arrest. That's a semi-auto rifle.

Take a look through here: http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php/topic/22294-nj-fidpp-compliancy-project/

Give it a week or two

Just updating that Steve from Monmouth Arms is the MAN! Search is over, thanks for all the help everyone!

Thanks all for the help thus far!

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