Posted: 1/1/2011 2:53:42 PM EDT
I shot a mix of CCI Blazer and Federal .45 yesterday. As I was picking up the fed brass I noticed this cci aluminum casing that was blown all to hell. I couldn't recall any odd feel while shooting the cci and the pistol looks and shoots fine. Anyone ever see this?
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| I wouldn't worry about it in a quality 1911 anyway. One of my friends had a .40 (we were loading from buckets) fire in his Colt Commander. Somehow it got loaded in his mag, chambered and managed to get a primer strike. Case split and conformed to the larger chamber, made a loud sharp crack instead of the usual report. No damage to any part of the gun....finished a full day of fire with it. |
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I would think if it was yours you would have noticed something wrong.
Was it there before ? I see all kinds of messed up ammo laying around at the local indoor range I even have a CCI Blazer .45 ACP that was loaded backwards, tearing up the shell in the process. If I had to guess, it looks like someone tried to clear a live round and the primer hit an extended ejector...but they had to know it! |
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I would think if it was yours you would have noticed something wrong. Was it there before ? I see all kinds of messed up ammo laying around at the local indoor range I even have a CCI Blazer .45 ACP that was loaded backwards, tearing up the shell in the process. If I had to guess, it looks like someone tried to clear a live round and the primer hit an extended ejector...but they had to know it! My range is private property. It was without a doubt mine. I felt no hiccups while firing. I didn't have to clear it, I just found it along with the other 100 or so of my spent casings. The reason for posting is to learn from other experiences. If this turned out to be common I may stop buying CCI. |
| Aluminum cased. Kind of spells it out for me at least. For a blow out it looks odd. I'm like you I'd be scratching my head and writing it off as a component failure. If ammunition isn't brassed cased I won't buy it. Then again I reload, depending on you factory ammunition guys for brass left on ground and that aluminum case sure won't be doin me any good. |
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the round wasnt in your chamber when the damag happened...it either got like that after leaving your weapon [shot on the ground or something like that]
or it went off in your open chamber in which case its not possable that you wouldnt have noticed. just no way that was damaged like that while in your chamber |