tiki wrote:Hi guys,
Just a curious one here - If you were reloading and somehow manage to prime a case and seat the bullet without loading any powder, what would happen if you fired it?
Is a primer just a spark or does it have enough oomph to launch a bullet at all?
I have seen it happen a couple of times with rifles, each time the projectile was stuck up the barrel, the first time a tap with a cleaning rod dislodged it from the lands, the second time it had to be drilled out(long process and story).
Very common with pistols loaded on multistage presses(when the powder thrower fails to drop a charge or is half worked) and the user has to be very sharp sometimes to not to fire another shot as it can destroy the gun.
Recognising a misfire and what to do next is very important especially if you have a double action revolver.