Today could have gone better...

[Nw556]

Picked up a brand new s&w governor from another member on here in a trade. Got all excited to shoot it so I ran to my local wal mart and picked up a box of federal 225gr 45 colts. Got to the range and noticed they looked a little dirty, but I figured its a revolver so no big deal. Loaded up 6 shots, fired 5 and everything was great. On the 6th shot though it was a squib load. Lodged the bullet about half way down the barrel and the case will not eject either. Then I noticed on what appeared to just be small spots on the cases I did eject like bubbled up and stuck to them. Could this have been the powder my squib load was missing and will federal give me a new box or a refund for my troubles? Well I hope everybody's Sundays off to a better start than mine.

[Mr_Gixxer]

Wowowowow! At least you noticed the stuck round and or it was on the last shot at least. Don't know what the sound is like when encountering a problem like that in a revolver, whether its enough to notice or not. Good luck!

[bortle]

I'd contact Federal with that picture, Box lot number and anything else relevant. I'm sure they'll be very interested. What if that was in the middle of a mag in a semi and you were hammering away? Could of been catastrophic.

[jeep]

How does one get the round out ?

[knight0334]

How does one get the round out ?

A dowel and a mallet.

[jeep]

Thats kinda what i thought wasnt sure. im assumeing that there could be some barrel damage ??

[CleanDean]

Probably no damage now. If A WOODEN DOWEL ( NOT A WHITE METAL ROD) AND NO CAVE MAN TREATMENT TO STIKE THE LODGED BULLET. If the bullet is only lead and no jacket . even better luck ---there will be no resulting tele -tell signs at all after a cleaning. [wait....you said .45 colt...... your photo shows .40 S&W... what were you shooting in what??? Only use .45 acp , .45 colt , and the real intended .410 S.S = in Governor Revolver.]

[shooker8]

[wait....you said .45 colt...... your photo shows .40 S&W... what were you shooting in what???

When I was looking at the pics that was the first thing I thought of. I hope its not a 40 stuck in there.

[libra8]

When I was looking at the pics that was the first thing I thought of. I hope its not a 40 stuck in there.

225 grn Federal .45 are semi wad cutter. Notice the bullet in the barrel is lead and has a flat nose.

[Mr_Gixxer]

If I were a bettin' man, I'd say that .40 is 5/100's of an inch smaller than .45. The bullet looks pretty straight in the barrel, not sure how that would get stuck unless it rolled or something.