phil plesetz Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 The wife shot her gun tonight at the indoor range and felt as if stuff was hitting her. ( not impacting hard but definitely felt it) She lays a felt mat down on the bench to protect her gun and noticed bullet jacket schnibbles all over the felt. She stopped shooting and packed it up for the night. Been using the same reload for several years and never noticed this before. Any idea whats happening? The bullet holes in the paper were round, so NO Tumbling, and accuracy did not seem to be affected. Reload info: 124 grain Precision Delta Round Nose Jacketed bullet Speer 38 super Case 7.0 grains SR7625 powder Winchester primer Thanks, Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdude Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Hard to diagnose when we don't know what bullet jacket schnibbles are. Are bullets hitting the comp baffles (assumed since it's an open gun)? You might be able to see this on the comp. And where did you get the Speer 38 Super brass? Don't remember seeing that around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil plesetz Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 sorry my bad, it was A USA head stamped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdude Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Sadly, the photo does not help. A closeup/microscopic picture is necessary. We can't comment on something until we can identify it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38super Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Look at the baffles, should see skid marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnit Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 It almost looks like little particles of the ceiling falling down from the concussion of the barrel ports. Not saying that's what it is, but this is what would happen to me when I shot my open gun at an indoor range. I blew out a few light bulbs too. As others have said take a look at the entire gun from brass to baffles, and we hope you find the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil plesetz Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 We thought of that too, but my wife had a piece stuck in here jacket, and didn't think it came from above. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnit Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 (edited) 37 minutes ago, phil plesetz said: We thought of that too, but my wife had a piece stuck in here jacket, and didn't think it came from above. Thanks, If there is nothing wrong with the gun, another possibility is that she could be catching bullet fragments from people shooting on the other side of the range. I've shot indoor matches where I've been hit by ricochet pieces of lead that have stuck in me, which sucked. What color was the piece that stuck in her jacket ? Thanks, Edited April 14, 2018 by gunnit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil plesetz Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 copper jacket color. Now that sounds more likely than it coming from her gun. I inspected the comp again and just can't see anything. The through hole measured .365 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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