dcphoto wrote:.....Another danger with jacketed bullets is the possibility of piercing the jacket and causing it to separate from the core in the barrel. A subsequent shot will hit the separated jacket and could cause a ka-boom in the same manner a squib will.
Wow, I've NEVER heard of it happening the way you describe it. One would think that since the powder/primer/gas is behind the "separated" jacket, it would get blown out the bbl along WITH the remnants of the bullet.
Got any pix of the aforementioned ka-boom??