Damaged breech block/lots of brass

unspellable · 04-23-2002, 10:40 PM

Assuming a blown primer and it behaves like a nice centered up blown primer should, a fluted firing pin should bleed off the gas. The rub is, blown primers ain't nice. The primer could let go in a direction that's away from the firing pin hole while obturating the hole. The primer may not have been well centered at loading.

As a horrible example, I have a factory loaded 25 ACP cartridge with the primer in sideways. I did not catch this and it misfired. But just think of the ugly mess it would have made if it had fired. It would have been gruesume. Especially since cheap pocket pistols are not noted for advanced safety features like bleed off porting.

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04-23-2002, 10:40 PM	#11
unspellable User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 769 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Damaged breech block/lots of brass Assuming a blown primer and it behaves like a nice centered up blown primer should, a fluted firing pin should bleed off the gas. The rub is, blown primers ain't nice. The primer could let go in a direction that's away from the firing pin hole while obturating the hole. The primer may not have been well centered at loading. As a horrible example, I have a factory loaded 25 ACP cartridge with the primer in sideways. I did not catch this and it misfired. But just think of the ugly mess it would have made if it had fired. It would have been gruesume. Especially since cheap pocket pistols are not noted for advanced safety features like bleed off porting. unspellable