Eley steel incorrect

[Salmo]

On 19/02/2020 at 21:21, landofficer said:

Just to show you all an eley lightening 36g cartridge that was loaded wrong at the factory. You can see from the pic that the wad has been squashed and the steel shot has gone down the side of the wad. 
I only notice because it wouldn’t go into the chamber of the gun. 
I sent it to eley to see what they had to say and they did reply saying it was just a mistake and had no issues in that batch number. The steel would of traveled down the gun without a wad to protect the barrel.

Pop it on LinkedIn , they are never off there promoting stuff or even twitter 

[Salopian]

Old Farrier ,

Now you are talking sense , a brilliant and simple idea. Well done you .

[Old farrier]

37 minutes ago, Salopian said:

Old Farrier ,

Now you are talking sense , a brilliant and simple idea. Well done you .

First thing I’ve done right this year 😂😂😂😂

[motty]

On 20/02/2020 at 16:56, Gordon R said:

I would never use steel loads, because of the potential damage to a barrel. Advocates of steel loads say the wad protects the barrel and no damage is done. They never envisage any faulty wads.

As can be seen - one barrel would only be fit for scrap.

You'd better hope that there is no lead ban.

[figgy]

I'd shoot that through an old gun I didn't care about the barrel getting scored. The is it safe wouldn't cross my mind, just because the shots outside the wad, it's not going to blow your gun up.

[Newbie to this]

Just cut it open and empty it. If you are worried about the live primer, put the head end of the cut cartridge in and fire the primer.

[panoma1]

On 20/02/2020 at 13:12, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Do you regard that shell as unsafe?

Yes! Unsafe to use, in that it would potentially damage the bore!