50 Caliber Express Disaster ?

[Goldstar1]

Heres a strange shell casing, a 50- 110 (Express) that looks like something went terribly wrong . It looks like the bullet has been fired back into the casing . Any forensics people out there that have seen this type of thing , what would cause this? plugged barrel?

 

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[Goldstar1]

Here is a side view , I am surprised there is no bulge on the lower part of the casing if indeed the round was fired back into the base.

 

[Red James Cash]

Looks more like the case was to long for the guns chamber.

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like something was hammered into an empty case. I don't think firing had anything to do with it.

 

[pistol-pete]

Most all the cases I find are similar to this. Bent up through 100 years in the ground. Anyone could have pounded something into it.

 

[TimberCrack]

An original 50-110 case is almost 2 1/2 inches long also...it had a serious case of whoop-ass in its day..

 

[olroy70]

Looks like something was hammered into an empty case. I don't think firing had anything to do with it.

I suspect it was being used to punch a hole in something, probably leather

 

[NOLA_Ken]

yeah, no way that happened in the chamber of a gun, it's definitely damaged after being fired

 

[Goldstar1]

Thanks for all the input and suggestions , I still have no idea other than its filled with lead and assume its from the original bullet but who knows? its hard to get a picture of the lead inside.