Death of a garand

There was a thread on this a while back...IIRC, from comments by the poster of the video, it was a result of the lady riding the bolt forward, and lugs were not locked up.
 
could that of been a squib? I didn't quite hear her round before that.... one word..... [size=+2]S Q U I B[/size]

Squib or not, that is hellish scary, I hope she's okay, and hasn't stopped shooting...
 
Omg no powder. Bullet driven into leade by primer,..she does a stoppage drill and puts a full power catridge behind it. OMG!!
Hope she was okay. Safety glasses first!

She should have held downrange for at least 30sec in the avent of a hangfire. Then quickly clear rthe action, wihile removing the round to safety and ENSURING the projectile is still in the round. She cleared her action and you could see an empty case drop to the ground. Oh Boy!!!
 
RememberTheSomme said:
Omg no powder. Bullet driven into leade by primer,..she does a stoppage drill and puts a full power catridge behind it. OMG!!
Hope she was okay. Safety glasses first!

She should have held downrange for at least 30sec in the avent of a hangfire. Then quickly clear rthe action, wihile removing the round to safety and ENSURING the projectile is still in the round. She cleared her action and you could see an empty case drop to the ground. Oh Boy!!!
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Squibs are scary things... With ear protection on, sometimes it's almost impossible to hear the primer pop... Procedure, procedure, procedure.... I've seen very experienced professional shooter even get caught by a squib. If your ever shooting and hear the light pop for fawks sake yell cease fire.. Squibs are pretty rare, so you could really save a person along with their firearm for piping up if you hear a squib.
 
Thank goodness Squbs are rare. Thousands of rounds of crappy surplus x39 and I've never had one. Whenever I take a new shooter out, I tell them that if the rifle stops shooting when it shouldn't for whatever reason, give it to me and let me clear the the firearm and make sure it's safe to shoot again. The only exception to this being Military guys.

I don't want that to happen to myself or anyone I trust enough to take to the range with me.
 
Thanks for showing this. Going to show this to my girlfriend. We have been studing the CFSC manuals the last couple weeks and have been quizing each other on them getting ready to take the course next saturday.

"What do you get when you pull the trigger and hear a click?"

"keep down range for 60 count then eject your mag, open your action, if round live then dispose of it, PROVE your gun before continuing"
 
With a squib in a semi auto, the action doesn't cycle. Less reason it should go unnoticed, as you now have to do something extra you ordinarily should not. That should be your second clue that something is wrong when you have to cycle it manually.
 
Yes, it sure looked like a squib. Hopefully she's OK and as has been said always, always with the eyes and ear protection when shooting - it only needs to happen once without them and there could be no going back!

I was at a handgun match years back and one guy was shooting a revolver. He fired a few shots and then the SO yelled "STOP!". Luckily the shooter was aware enough to make his finger stop but everyone including him were wondering why the stop command. Turns out he'd just fired a squib and sure enough there was a bullet lodged just past the forcing cone, far enough that the cylinder would rotate. It would have been nasty if he fired again - 5 stars to the SO on that one!
 
It looks like she cleared a piece of brass, then rode the bolt home. I could have missed it, but it doesn't look like she pulls back the charging handle, which she would need to do if it was a dud.
 
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