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Don't worry about it. If I was that concerned I would have snapped back. I can't remember if I posted about the incident that made her take this stance, but it's interesting no matter what.
She got a brand-new Rossi 851 (she liked the way it looked). Her first time shooting it, she declared that no handloads were to be shot in HER gun. She didn't want to void the warranty. She shot a cylinder of Rem. Golden Sabers, then let our 16 year-old have a turn. He loaded up with ammo I had loaded for practice; he thought it was factory ammo because the bullets were JSPs. He shot a cylinder and complained that he couldn't hit anything. He gave it back to Mom who loaded another cylinder of GSs. She took two shots, and the second gave her some powder in the face. She asked me to look at the gun. The cylinder was jammed and wouldn't open. I looked at the end of the barrel, and there was one of my JSPs poking out of the end. She took it to the gunsmith, who found that the last eight bullets were all still in there, the final one jammed between the forcing cone and the beginning of the barrel. She said right then that she didn't want anyone in the family to shoot reloads any more. The bullets were removed and the gun tested out fine. She sent it to Rossi to have them inspect it, and they found no problems.
NOTE: Don't knock Rossi just because the guns are cheap. This revolver should, by all rights, have been severely damaged yet it is unharmed. It's now her "lucky gun" because it saved her from serious injury.
Wow ! being as they were practice loads (practice i assume meaning you were practicing using the equipment ? ) did they have any powder in them, or was it just a primer pushing them out a bit ?
Couldn't have been too much powder or you would have had a big ka-boom
Glad no one was hurt
azmark wrote: She got a brand-new Rossi 851 (she liked the way it looked). Her first time shooting it, she declared that no handloads were to be shot in HER gun. She didn't want to void the warranty. She shot a cylinder of Rem. Golden Sabers, then let our 16 year-old have a turn. He loaded up with ammo I had loaded for practice; he thought it was factory ammo because the bullets were JSPs. He shot a cylinder and complained that he couldn't hit anything. He gave it back to Mom who loaded another cylinder of GSs. She took two shots, and the second gave her some powder in the face. She asked me to look at the gun. The cylinder was jammed and wouldn't open. I looked at the end of the barrel, and there was one of my JSPs poking out of the end. She took it to the gunsmith, who found that the last eight bullets were all still in there, the final one jammed between the forcing cone and the beginning of the barrel. She said right then that she didn't want anyone in the family to shoot reloads any more. The bullets were removed and the gun tested out fine. She sent it to Rossi to have them inspect it, and they found no problems.
A while back on the old (now defunct) Sixgunner.com forum someone posted a picture of a S&W Victory Model that was taken off a Viet Cong who no longer had need of it. The story was that the VC popped up and fired the gun at a GI. The GI took exception that that and cooled off the VC with well directed fire from his issue weapon. As he moved on past the remains of the VC he leaned over, picked up the S&W and slid it into his pack. When he got back to base he found that there was a bullet stuck in the end of the barrel. That sixgun made it back to the US with him and he sectioned the barrel. There were eight or nine 130 grain FMJ bullets from the standard issue ammunition stacked one on top of the other, completely blocking the barrel.
Moral to the story is - even factory ammo can produce the same results as you had with hand loads.
Paul - in Pereira
"He is the best friend of American liberty who is most sincere and active in promoting true and undefiled religion." -- John Witherspoon
The only gun I've personally seen blow up was a Smith 66 running factory ammo so I'll attest to the fact that factory ammo can have issues as well.
To the OP - the .22 mag just is not optimized for handgun use. All kinds of flash and noise and not much more performance in my view. Get a .38. You can load snake shot in the first hole and self defense in the rest and they're nice and light.
Disclaimer: If my mental risk assessment told me I had a high risk of an encounter with problematic 2 legged varmits, I would carry a lever rifle, M-4 or a shotgun.
For my woods carry firearm i often carry my model 60-3 in .357. or my bond derringer in .357. or my FA in .45 colt now. I would carry the .22 pistol specifically for small game when I carry a larger caliber rifle. I always have a larger pistol on me for 2 legged predators. Always.
Mike Johnson,
"Only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot
being as they were practice loads (practice i assume meaning you were practicing using the equipment ? ) did they have any powder in them, or was it just a primer pushing them out a bit ? 
