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Herter's 38 Special 158gr

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D1sclaimer:
I am taking my CCW class this weekend and needed to buy some ammo since my instructor doesn't allow reloads per his instructions.  I stopped at Cabelas today before heading to ENGC to shoot.

I bought 4 boxes of Herter's brass cased (manufactured by Sellier & Bellot) 158gr 38 Special ammo.  I've had good luck with their Herter's brass case stuff in the past so I figured it'd be fine.  I shot 2 boxes today to test the ammo out and the other 2 boxes were gonna be for the class.  I tried to pinpoint a specific slot on the cylinder, but on one occasion, 3 cases were split on the same cylinder loading.

This is just a heads up to stay away from this garbage.





One of the boxes had 10 case failures and 1 pierced primer.

Randy:
Interesting thank you for the heads up.

D1sclaimer:
I've been doing some searching and it's popped up in a couple of threads that people have had cases splitting with new S&B 38 special brass.  I wonder if there was a bad batch of brass or something recently.

http://smith-wessonforum.com/ammo/263386-ammo-alert.html

unfy:
Wow.

That's... atrocious.

Glad you're alright.

NE Bull:
WOW!
For some reason I have always been leery of Herters and S&B never really appealed to me. Gut Feeling?
(Maybe so, I tend to keep it happy with bacon. ;) )

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