A picture is worth a thousand words. Folks be careful !!!View attachment 7211 Customer brought a 1911 to the shop with a locked up slide. This is what I found after I was able to disassemble. : )
lolSome spit and polish and be good as new
ExactlyGlad he made it out with two working hands- bad news all around looking at that picture. I can't wait to see the firing pin-
I've had one round with no powder in it (someone else's reloads). It's really very obvious when you go from "bang, bang" to "pop"... stop immediately and figure out what happened.
I will get that pic up tomorrow. I forgot to take the pic. It'll be worth the wait to see it though, promise. : )Glad he made it out with two working hands- bad news all around looking at that picture. I can't wait to see the firing pin-
I've had one round with no powder in it (someone else's reloads). It's really very obvious when you go from "bang, bang" to "pop"... stop immediately and figure out what happened.
I will get that pic up tomorrow. I forgot to take the pic. It'll be worth the wait to see it though, promise. : )
Same here. After meeting this guy, I'm sure he tapped and racked another round in.Good deal- I've seen a few over pressured rifle barrels due to very similar problems. But at least in my experience, you have to do something really wrong to fire a live round after a squib. I've yet to see a true squib round cycle a semiauto action.