Years ago I got a bunch of .357 hollow point projectiles. I resized some of them with a .355 resizing die and loaded them into 9mm cases.
At the range the other day I was shooting them and had a few roads that felt and sounded hotter than the others. Didn't think much of it as it happens with a progressive loader.
However I did have one round Fire then heard a Sizzling sound and the bullet lodged half way down a 4 inch barrel. Immediately stripped the gun and and used a rod to attemp to puch the round out. Zero movement! Shoot a few more rounds out of other guns with only one round not wanting to go into battery.
At home I tried to dislodge the projectile with a wooden dowel and hammer. No movement. Next a screwdriver and a bigger hammer only succeeded in putting a cross in the round and zero movement. Next Attempt is a flat end punch and hammer and Zero movement again. Final measure was to drill the core of the projectile out then punch it out with a smaller punch.
I had squids many of times but never had one stuck like this!
I am at a crossroad!
Is it a projectile that didn't get resized?
New barrel that was too tight ( first 10 rounds) ?
Is It is just a difficult squib ?
What to do with the remianing 300 rounds done like this? Shoot or pull?
At the range the other day I was shooting them and had a few roads that felt and sounded hotter than the others. Didn't think much of it as it happens with a progressive loader.
However I did have one round Fire then heard a Sizzling sound and the bullet lodged half way down a 4 inch barrel. Immediately stripped the gun and and used a rod to attemp to puch the round out. Zero movement! Shoot a few more rounds out of other guns with only one round not wanting to go into battery.
At home I tried to dislodge the projectile with a wooden dowel and hammer. No movement. Next a screwdriver and a bigger hammer only succeeded in putting a cross in the round and zero movement. Next Attempt is a flat end punch and hammer and Zero movement again. Final measure was to drill the core of the projectile out then punch it out with a smaller punch.
I had squids many of times but never had one stuck like this!
I am at a crossroad!
Is it a projectile that didn't get resized?
New barrel that was too tight ( first 10 rounds) ?
Is It is just a difficult squib ?
What to do with the remianing 300 rounds done like this? Shoot or pull?