anyone ever experience slam fire?

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Just wondering if you've ever experienced slam fire while shooting, like having the sear snap off ect? What gun where you shooting at the time?
 
A slam fire is the firearm going bang as the action closes. Usually caused by high primers in poorly loaded handloads. If the sear breaks, the firearm will fire one shot and jam. Usually. Sometimes you'll get a double then it'll jam. I've only seen that once with a C1A1. And it was caused by the safety coming loose.
 
I have had C1 7.62mm beltfed machine-gun cook-offs when a round was left in the chamber of a very hot barrel, and it "self-started" without touching the trigger. The drill between firing is to pull back the bolt to expose the chamber to open air.

On my IPSC pistol Black Badge course we were taught to load with a single round magazine and then the normal 10-rounders. The loading drills were to be done with the single round in case of an accidental firing, runaway gun or a negligent discharge. I use a distinctive mag for that step, and it "feels" safer.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
On my IPSC pistol Black Badge course we were taught to load with a single round magazine and then the normal 10-rounders. The loading drills were to be done with the single round in case of an accidental firing, runaway gun or a negligent discharge. I use a distinctive mag for that step, and it "feels" safer.
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I don't understand this... weather or not you have any rounds left in the mag, you still have on in the chamber, which could go off. how does not having more rounds in the mag prevent an accidental firing? I always load from a full mag. that way at the end of the match you still have an extra mag with 9 rounds if you need another one.

and the loading mag is only in the gun for 3 secs anyways.
 
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Well, I have had both a Glock 22 & G17 blast off a burst of 3+ rounds a couple of times when experimenting with lighter connectors/striker springs etc :runaway: . Found a problem with Gen2's and some connectors which has since been remedied by the manufacturer. Kinda neat once the initial shock wears off but not something you want in your little bag of tricks if reliability is required, for most of us it is. Makes your range mates a bit nervous as well:redface:
Cheers:cheers:
dB
 
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daBear said:
Well, I have had both a Glock 22 & G17 blast off a burst of 3+ rounds a couple of times when experimenting with lighter connectors/striker springs etc :runaway: . Found a problem with Gen2's and some connectors which has since been remedied by the manufacturer. Kinda neat once the initial shock wears off but not something you want in your little bag of tricks if reliability is required, for most of us it is. Makes your range mates a bit nervous as well:redface:
Cheers:cheers:
dB
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Yup. Dave was talking about accidents with his Combat Tupperwear. Yes, the round will fire, but you won't have another and another and another etc underneath it to really get people's shorts in a knot.

I shoot a different handgun and have never seen or heard another one going off. But lessons learned should not be ignored.
 
i had it happen on an SKS I used to own. It was only because I haden't properly cleaned to firing pin housing. Those firing pins should rattle inside, mine was stuck in the forward position :owned:

I felt like rambo for just a second :ar15:
 
I had a dirty as hell Mossberg .22 that would slam fire nearly every time I fired it. I then cleaned it and it quit doing it. It wasn't much fun after that so I sold it. haha
 
Scott, on a 1911 that some one has buggered the sear on, it is possible for it to go full auto at around 1200 rpm. If you have only one round in the magazine, the full auto burst will consist of one shot, with less chance of an accident occurring, and less chance of lethality if one does.

Of course, then you miss out on the fun of shooting full auto. :)
 
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Scott, on a 1911 that some one has buggered the sear on, it is possible for it to go full auto at around 1200 rpm. If you have only one round in the magazine, the full auto burst will consist of one shot, with less chance of an accident occurring, and less chance of lethality if one does.
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This is exactly what happened to me.. luckly I was loading a single round in the mag, when it did go.. At first, you are kinda stunned, and you are thinking.. WTF just happened, and then it dawns on you what did.. and you are thanking your luck.. that and putting the pistol away to be looked at ;) ;). ended up replacing the sear.
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Radagast said:
Scott, on a 1911 that some one has buggered the sear on, it is possible for it to go full auto at around 1200 rpm. If you have only one round in the magazine, the full auto burst will consist of one shot, with less chance of an accident occurring, and less chance of lethality if one does.

Of course, then you miss out on the fun of shooting full auto. :)
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I've seen this with a 1911 in 9mm before [many years ago]. Owner/shooter had been doing his own 'tune' job on his 1911 and must've stoned that sear a tad bit more than needed. He was only loading 3 rounds in his mags but the muzzle climb was amazing even at that. :eek:
 
so slam fire (full auto) can't happen on a .22? I'd imagine a .45 with 10 rounds loaded would get out of control pretty quickly.
 
It would be a tough job to hold onto and keep em down range it even if expecting it from a .45 1911a1. If I hold my sig 226 just right with the right trigger preasrure sometimes I can bumpfire it 2 or 3 times in a row.
 
sunray said:
A slam fire is the firearm going bang as the action closes. Usually caused by high primers in poorly loaded handloads. If the sear breaks, the firearm will fire one shot and jam. Usually. Sometimes you'll get a double then it'll jam. I've only seen that once with a C1A1. And it was caused by the safety coming loose.
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Or a semi-automatic going *click**BANG*...*click**BANG BANG BANG BANG*.

-Rohann
 
My Famae SAF did this once and scared the crap out of me. Buddy beside me says "Was that full-auto I heard?". Um, uh, not exactly - slamfire. After that, I gave it a good cleaning - never happened again.

Slam fire is basically unexpected full-auto out of control and sometimes out of battery.
 
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