Quote Originally Posted by Armed Preacher View Post
Up until recently I had only ever heard about hangfires, never seen one nor had one but shooting out a bucket of old 38Spl ammo given to me, I've had 5 hangfires in about 400 rounds, luckily I was taking my time with the shooting or else it could have got interesting.

If it's a hangfire and you've already ejected the round from the semi-auto and it then ignites, it's the case that would go flying (that's if it stays intact) and not the bullet.
And should theoretically be like a little bomb but should be relatively safe if you aren't standing close to it