How a bullet gets stuck in a barrel

[south]

Is it always because of the powder charge being too light?

Only talking about using the correct projectile, not using the wrong cartridge or something that's too large.

Is that the way it happens?

[tom604]

or you can leave a cleaning rod in,happened to a mate out spotlighting bunnies over twenty five years ago now getting old

[newsteadvic]

Is it always because of the powder charge being too light?

Or the powder charge being absent. The reloader (or the factory!) has primed the case but missed completely putting any powder in. The primer fires with enough force to push the projectile into the bore but not to exit the barrel. The next properly filled case with primer, powder and projectile causes a kaboom.
This is why there are minimum loads, even for light Trail Boss type loads.

Or if you are lucky and the loads are light the projectles get stuck but there is no kaboom - the lesson is if you are firing light loads, the shot feels odd, no impact on target or odd recoil - check the bore!

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014 ... s-kabooms/

[KWhorenet]

in that cut away pic; was there really 8 shots fired plugging the entire barrel before they realised ? lead sausage maker.

[newsteadvic]

in that cut away pic; was there really 8 shots fired plugging the entire barrel before they realised ? lead sausage maker.

Yes. I am not a pistol person however I believe there are eight shot revolvers, or they had a six shot revolver and reloaded, kept firing until the cylinder locked up!

These sort of images are not unfortunately rare:

[Hinky]

Jesus!

How do you not realise that is going on?!

11 shots in the last one!

[Kelix]

Emptied a clip as fast as they could I suppose.

Not something I've felt personally but you'd think something would give it away before the end?

[veep]

Or if you are lucky and the loads are light the projectles get stuck but there is no kaboom

Lucky they were shooting pistols I guess.

Better than having a large rifle case turn a barrel into an octopus while your face is on top of the thing.

[wrenchman]

i had a cci 22 get stuck in my marlin model 25 father in law gave me the box of 22s said he had them for 20 years.
it didnt sound right when i shot

[redrum]

Lack of recoil must be tell-tale mustn't it?

If the gas never escapes the muzzle there would be none?

[Jack V]

Lack of recoil must be tell-tale mustn't it?

If the gas never escapes the muzzle there would be none?

Yes ! One would think that there would be excessive gas blow by from the cylinder gap or chamber area while this was going on. Signalling something is not right but they just keep slamming away . Those light loads were not that light on the hip pocket it seems .

[Sakoh]

I guess you can forgive not realising what happened on the first shot, then putting a second bullet up the ass of the first one.

Surely at that point though.... How you get 8, 10, more there...

[Jack V]

If the first one don't come out just keep shooting it might clean the bore out

[Fry]

:lol: If the first one don't come out just keep shooting it might clean the bore out

You're joking of course but you just know there is some idiot somewhere who's actually done it