.45 ACP Blazer pressed in too far

[e-zee]

I bought a bunch of this ammo because it was cheap and I had heard good things about it, but in just two boxes I found two that were shorter than the standard height. The one on the left is normal, the middle, and the one on the right are shorter. Now, I have many, many more boxes to go through and I'm wondering if I keep finding cartridges of differing heights what is ok to shoot? Common sense tells me that the one on the right might be dangerous, but what about the middle one? At what point does a cartridge become unsafe? Should I dispose of any "shorter than standard" height rounds?

[aklon]

If the rounds are shorter than spec, do not under any circumstances fire them in your pistol.

Was this CCI Blazer ammo?

[bruceflinch]

You could pull the bullets & reseat them to the right length.

Aklon is right. Bullets seated too deep produce pressure spikes that might damage you &/or your gun.

[e-zee]

Yeah CCI Blazer with aluminum casing.

[e-zee]

You could pull the bullets & reseat them to the right length.

Aklon is right. Bullets seated too deep produce pressure spikes that might damage you &/or your gun.

That makes sense. I will collect any shorter than spec rounds and see how many I have after 1500 rds. Hope it's not many. I'm glad I caught it before firing them in my glock, or else we might have another "my glock exploded!" thread

[G-forceJunkie]

Save the box they came in (that has the lot number on it) and send it back to CCI. They wil lprobably send you coupons for ammo.