Gary Reeder
the only thing that can cause a straight wall case to
Monday, January 15, 2018, 15:16

back out and lock up the gun is too hot a load. As you have seen the lighter loads don't do it as much. The single action revolver is a much lighter weight gun than the S&W X frame so you have to stay with the slightly lightly loads, especially if you are reloading your ammo. On the ammo that you got lighter strikes, did you run them around and try them again? If they fired the second time, then your primers are not seated deep enough and the firing pin is just seating the primer on the first strike and then firing on the second strike. If you think it is something else, give me a call and we can see what we can do, but in the past the only time we have ever had straight wall cartridges back out was with a load that was too hot. If you are reloading your 500s you will have to drop back a few grains. There is not an animal in the world that could tell the difference.