Challenger Target Load Blows up on extraction from chamber

Melvin said:
And that is why I don’t own any semi autos or pumps. You have to cycle the action to unload them. Break action guns with intercepting sears, I say. Move the top lever and it’s all there to see.
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I currently own 8 semi’s and have had about a few dozen more go through my hands. None of them required you to cycle the action to completely unload the firearm. Shells in the mag can be released through the bottom port. Also, all the semi’s that I have cannot be fired out of battery. If your only experience with semi’s is during your firearm safety course, then I can see why you would think that to be true....but its not....its fake news
 
Hmm... A few years ago, I was playing with my Rem 870 pump, and noticed that if I was closing the bolt into the action, and pulling the trigger, the trigger would activate the hammer with the shell (snap cap) about 3/8 inch out of battery. I seem to recall trying a few other slide activated guns (pumps and semis) and finding the same thing. I posted this finding in the shotgun forum, and the consensus was that although the trigger tripped, the firing pin was blocked by some part of the bolt body or locking lug. I never took the investigation farther to prove this theory out.
Perhaps this is relevant to the OP's issue perhaps not... However, this has re-ignited my curiosity about this whole matter. Perhaps other board members have experience in this area?
 
cosmic said:
Hmm... A few years ago, I was playing with my Rem 870 pump, and noticed that if I was closing the bolt into the action, and pulling the trigger, the trigger would activate the hammer with the shell (snap cap) about 3/8 inch out of battery. I seem to recall trying a few other slide activated guns (pumps and semis) and finding the same thing. I posted this finding in the shotgun forum, and the consensus was that although the trigger tripped, the firing pin was blocked by some part of the bolt body or locking lug. I never took the investigation farther to prove this theory out.
Perhaps this is relevant to the OP's issue perhaps not... However, this has re-ignited my curiosity about this whole matter. Perhaps other board members have experience in this area?
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That's how a gun designed to "slam fire" is protected against firing out of battery.
 
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