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If primers protrude or ride the recoil shield, you may have several go off at once, as once happened to me with a 45 Colt single-action. Recoil set off a couple more chambers when it slammed the cases back against the recoil shield, and three went at once.
The top strap and half the cylinder departed this vale of tears.
One portion of the cylinder went through a door, and I never located the other portion, nor the top strap, until a week later when I found the top strap out in the bronc corral.
“Gun Notes” (Dec 68)
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If primers protrude or ride the recoil shield, you may have several go off at once, as once happened to me with a 45 Colt single-action. Recoil set off a couple more chambers when it slammed the cases back against the recoil shield, and three went at once.
The top strap and half the cylinder departed this vale of tears.
One portion of the cylinder went through a door, and I never located the other portion, nor the top strap, until a week later when I found the top strap out in the bronc corral.
“Gun Notes” (Dec 68)
More from Elmer from American Rifleman and Guns and Ammo
Article Archives
Some of these high resolution scans turned out to be pretty big files,
so please have some patience!
Elmer Keith Memorial Website|Guns and Ammo Archives
Elmer Keith Guns and Ammo Archives
www.elmerkeithshoot.org
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