I have been involved with 3 " shoot offs" in which the plastic casing lodged in the barrel. The first an 870 20 ga., i saw the brass eject but no hull and stopped the shooter. About 6 inches in the hull took a hammer and metal rod to get out, would have been disastrous. Next an 1100 12 ga. on the second shot on doubles exploded seriously injuring the shooter. We found the casing on the ground and the brass from the first shell Gun was destroyed, no part of the fore arm was recognizable. Third a 410 would not close when loading. Shooter was trying to force it closed when i asked to take the pump down and found the plastic blocking the barrel. If he had managed to close the action it would have been ugly.
Only the 12 was a reload the others 2 different makes of factory ammo.
I always check the barrels no matter what and will try to get a photo of the 1100 in that one of the members mounted all the recovered parts on a board and hung it in the club house.
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