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cgpro856 · April 24, 2005, 04:56 PM

I have a 3 1/2" S&W 66 that I have been shooting 125 gr plated bullets with 4.2 gr of W231. They have seemed to shoot well and my wife likes the light recoil. On the last trip to the range however I took a box of 100 rnds that I had loaded and on the third or fourth cylinder full I got a real light pop and sure enough had a bullet stuck in the barrel. I figured I must have trown a light charge or maybe no powder at all so I pounded the bullet out and kept shooting. the next several rounds seemed fine but then it happened again. I shot 35 of the rounds and ended up with 4 bullets getting stuck in the barrel. I took the rest home and pulled the bullets and weighed the powder. Every load was 4.2 on the nose except one that was 3.8 Is 3.8 gr of 231 light enough to get a bullet stuck or do I have something else going on?

April 24, 2005, 04:56 PM	#1
cgpro856 Junior Member Join Date: February 13, 2005 Posts: 14	38 bullet stuck in barrel I have a 3 1/2" S&W 66 that I have been shooting 125 gr plated bullets with 4.2 gr of W231. They have seemed to shoot well and my wife likes the light recoil. On the last trip to the range however I took a box of 100 rnds that I had loaded and on the third or fourth cylinder full I got a real light pop and sure enough had a bullet stuck in the barrel. I figured I must have trown a light charge or maybe no powder at all so I pounded the bullet out and kept shooting. the next several rounds seemed fine but then it happened again. I shot 35 of the rounds and ended up with 4 bullets getting stuck in the barrel. I took the rest home and pulled the bullets and weighed the powder. Every load was 4.2 on the nose except one that was 3.8 Is 3.8 gr of 231 light enough to get a bullet stuck or do I have something else going on?