Once when I was in the Army, qualifying with the 1911 Colt, the guy in the firing position next to me had that happen. But, his gun chambered the next round and he fired it. The barrel bulged behind the lodged bullet, the slide jammed about halfway back and for some reason, the hammer was frozen. He had a sore wrist for about a week but no other injuries aside from mental trauma. This was using brass casings; Lake City if I recall.

I don't really think that this sort of thing is specific to a particular make of ammunition, I think it is just the luck of the draw. I use CCI and Federal primers for reloading almost exclusively and so far have never had a failure in many thousands of rounds. And, I have shot a fair amount of 38 Special Blazer with never a mis-fire. I suspect that you just happened to be in the wrong place at the right time. I don't like Blazer ammo because it can't be reloaded but otherwise, it has always worked well for me.