C96 Red 9 shoots great!!

[davidkachel]

"I was standing next to a shooter at the local range when the entire top half of his S&W Model 67 blew off. He was shooting Remington factory ammo. I got peppered with residue, but fortunately no schrapnel. He got some burns and a split trigger finger."

Ron,
I've heard a couple of these "factory ammo blew my gun up" stories lately. I wonder if most/all of them are not novice reloaders too embarrassed to tell the truth. Recently I was in a gun shop listening to one of the salesmen talking to a new reloader on the phone who refused to accept the concept of "measuring powder".
The guy just couldn't/wouldn't get it out of his head that he could just fill the case up with any old powder. The salesman finally gave up and told the guy he should not reload at all.
Most reloaders are new "hobbyists" who I imagine are lucky not to kill themselves before they get bored with the idea and sell their equipment. (Hence the perpetual glut of reloading equipment on the market.)