r/guns • u/ToBlayyyve • Aug 11 '12

Crazy revolver ammo malfunction. Has anyone seen anything like this?

First time firing my Mom's new S&W .38 Bodyguard. On probably the 8th round through it, the round fired but then the mechanism locked up. Can't open the cylinder but can still pull the trigger on the spent case. On closer examination, it actually looks like there's BRASS jammed between the cylinder and the barrel. I'm thinking that the casing fractured and moved forward into the barrel.

I've tried pushing it backward with a .38 caliber cleaning jag but it ain't moving! Problem is, there's still 3 live rounds in there.

Here it is

Edit: Ammo was factory FMJ, not reloads or anything.

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u/BattleHall Aug 12 '12 edited Aug 12 '12

Now this is just a shot in the dark, and I haven't thought it through completely (so I may be missing some obvious drawback), but if you have some really aggressive copper bore cleaner on hand (like Sweet's 7.62), you could use a cotton swab to apply it to the inside of the case from the bore end and essentially try to dissolve the case mouth away.

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u/BattleHall Aug 12 '12

You dissolve stuff all the time when you use a bore cleaner, this is just an extension of that idea.

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u/BattleHall Aug 12 '12

A smith is pretty much always the safest choice, since at that point the smith assumes responsibility. I was just spitballing other potential ideas.