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So... ever load a bug into a round???
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<blockquote data-quote="jeffsoward" data-source="post: 1303199" data-attributes="member: 7228"><p>Last night I was doing some reloading and I have a couple hundred rounds that need pulled apart to be reworked (bad case sizing).</p><p>So, I had my wife helping me, she was running the bullet puller while I was loading. She asks me to come and look and one of the rounds she dumped had a dead beetle of some kind in it. It was one of black, hard-shell bugs, about .75" long broken into a few pieces.</p><p>I immediately thought, awesome! What the he!! would have happened when I shot that one?</p><p>At first, I thought squib, but then I started thinking about it, and with the "extra" displacement, would it cause increased pressure instead of decreased pressure. It had the same charge as the rest, but less cavity to expand (although, I think it would've probably compressed a dead bug pretty well).</p><p>So, what are your thoughts (other than check the brass for foreign objects)?</p><p>Would it have caused any issue or simply been a dirtier round?</p><p></p><p>I honestly don't know how the bug got in the case other than maybe it crawled in to get a drink while they were laying on a towel drying after my wet tumble. I do this stuff out in the garage, so there's some creepy crawlies out there.</p><p></p><p>I've found other objects before in brass I bought from a member (coughmitchcough). But they were like little black rubber balls or something and they stopped the decapper from pushing through the primer. The decapper is probably what split the little dude up the first time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeffsoward, post: 1303199, member: 7228"] Last night I was doing some reloading and I have a couple hundred rounds that need pulled apart to be reworked (bad case sizing). So, I had my wife helping me, she was running the bullet puller while I was loading. She asks me to come and look and one of the rounds she dumped had a dead beetle of some kind in it. It was one of black, hard-shell bugs, about .75" long broken into a few pieces. I immediately thought, awesome! What the he!! would have happened when I shot that one? At first, I thought squib, but then I started thinking about it, and with the "extra" displacement, would it cause increased pressure instead of decreased pressure. It had the same charge as the rest, but less cavity to expand (although, I think it would've probably compressed a dead bug pretty well). So, what are your thoughts (other than check the brass for foreign objects)? Would it have caused any issue or simply been a dirtier round? I honestly don't know how the bug got in the case other than maybe it crawled in to get a drink while they were laying on a towel drying after my wet tumble. I do this stuff out in the garage, so there's some creepy crawlies out there. I've found other objects before in brass I bought from a member (coughmitchcough). But they were like little black rubber balls or something and they stopped the decapper from pushing through the primer. The decapper is probably what split the little dude up the first time. [/QUOTE]
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