"VERN HUMPHREY -> MICHAEL ALBRITTON"  wrote in
news:20156$fido.guns{at}JamNNTPd:

 VH> Me, I've carried an M1911 all my life, except for my first tour in Viet
 VH> Nam, when I carried a Colt M357 with hollowbased handloads -- loaded
 VH> backward.

i've thought about this ever since i first read it back when it was first
posted and i still have to wonder and (finally) ask, why? what is the
purpose of loading the cartridge backwards?

also for clarification, is it the actual projectile that's loaded into the
cartridge backwards or something else??

in edumacation mode ;)

)\/(ark