I think he stated he had found revolver parts there before in the past and not when he found the case.
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I just tried with my Auto Ord and the .40 fit and fed perfectly out of the mag. When I released the slide the cartridge was launched out of the barrel. Then I carefully tucked it in under the extractor and it stayed. It might work, it would when held vertically, I still wonder if that was a Glock that did that? Mine is a 22 so I can't try it. I'd need a 21...
Here are some pictures of the revolver cylinder. I'm not sure of the brand - maybe someone will recognize it? I found this on the ground several years ago very close to where I found the split .40 case. There are several revolvers out there that can fire .45ACP, but don't think it would be easy to fire a .40 S&W in one of them. Jim, does the Glock leave bright marks on either side of the firing pin dent? I have some .45 cases that I picked up near the .40 - I could take pictures. - Bob
These .45's must be the same deal. I think my "bright" areas are from contact on the raised metal at the narrow ends of the oblong mark. Thanks for showing me something else I never knew before! - Bob
I have seen that bulging before. Happened when i reloaded some 44 mag rounds, but didn't have a box to put the reloaded cartridges in, so I used a 45 colt box. Went out shooting months later with the 45 and couldn't hit anything, pulled bulged and split cases from the cylinder and realized what I had done. :yikes:
Hopefully or should I say obviously your rounds weren't hot for the 44 Mag shooting them out of a 45 Colt now that would have been fun, I know when I shot factories out of my 44 Mag Super Redhawk it was a very lively beast in the hand indeed.
Were any beer cans found at the scene? Stray digits?
True enough BAR but what I was thinking of the .429" (.451" for the 45 Colt) pill not fully concentric with the forcing cone and getting a bit skewed but I guess the weapon fired as intended with no harm done to anything save for a bit more blast exiting out near the cylinder face and forcing cone.