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I was by myself at the range Sunday afternoon sighting in various rifles and pistols. I decided to go to the IPSC bay and shoot some of the steet targets. Banged a few with the .45, and decided to shoot the Ruger super redhawk in .44 mag. I had some factory rounds that had been given to me by a friend after selling his .44.
I fired a cylinder, reset the targets and decided to try a rapid fire in double action. On the 3rd shot I saw lots of smoke and a fizzzzzz. Almost had the trigger pulled for the 4th shot.
Didn't know if it was a hang fire or what, but kept the barrel on the berm for about 30 seconds, and then opened up the cylinder. First thing was all the black residue everywhere. The second thing was a bullet just past the forcing cone, lodged in the barrel. That was enough for the day, so I went home and got a 3/8" dowel rod, and a rubber mallet and pushed the bullet back out of the barrel.
I don't know what happened. No powder in the round, bad primer? Scared the heck out of me.
I fired a cylinder, reset the targets and decided to try a rapid fire in double action. On the 3rd shot I saw lots of smoke and a fizzzzzz. Almost had the trigger pulled for the 4th shot.
Didn't know if it was a hang fire or what, but kept the barrel on the berm for about 30 seconds, and then opened up the cylinder. First thing was all the black residue everywhere. The second thing was a bullet just past the forcing cone, lodged in the barrel. That was enough for the day, so I went home and got a 3/8" dowel rod, and a rubber mallet and pushed the bullet back out of the barrel.
I don't know what happened. No powder in the round, bad primer? Scared the heck out of me.