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i have a really lite trigger pull on my 586 and sometimes in DA it will not fire the round due to a lite primer hit. i will usually wait 10 seconds give or take and open the cylinder then put it back one round. i tend to do this as quick as i can.
hopefully you wait 60 seconds when your glock doesn't fire, wouldn't be very fun to see a round go off on the floor. well it would, providing there is cover.
hopefully you wait 60 seconds when your glock doesn't fire, wouldn't be very fun to see a round go off on the floor. well it would, providing there is cover.
When shooting black powder when a failure to fire happens I wait for 30 seconds or so with the gun aimed downrange. With modern cartridges after 10 seconds it will likely not go off but it might be a good idea to remove it from the revolver anyway.
yup, could be a squib fire, do not continue firing, if it was a squib fire there may be a bullet lodged in the barrel which would spell bad news if you fired again. Anytime something sounds off, let it cook for 60 seconds then unload and examine the ammo.
BTW bullet on the floor would be very boring, no containment, no kaboom. The primer makes some noise though.
Wait, remove the dud, check for squib per above post, reload, cuss ammo supplier if he's not next to you, and go again. Did you flinch?
Wait, remove the dud, check for squib per above post, reload, cuss ammo supplier if he's not next to you, and go again. Did you flinch?
Recently at a competition a friend had a hang fire during a stage.. he pulled the trigger and the round went off about 1 second after that.. he was also using factory ammo.. which was concerning.
I have had a few light primer strikes when i was shooting an XD9 (striker fired like a glock).. and with my new revolver... i usually just eject the round and continue shooting, which may be a problem if the round is a hang fire. Thank goodness hang fires are rare... I think that light primer strikes are more common in striker fired guns than hang fires.
A squib is a round with no powder and is powered only by the primer flash...so that bullet does not usually make it out of the barrel... can be very dangerous if another round is chambered and fired...usually ends up with bulged barrel or worse..
Just for interest... I remember reading about a thief who stole a fellows vintage WWII 1911.. he also stole the mag of vintage ammo.. and subsequently used this gun and ammo to rob a store.. after pulling the trigger.. nothing happened.. he looked down the barrel and the hang fire went off.. shot himself in the face and to death... ouch.. LOL..
RDG
I have had a few light primer strikes when i was shooting an XD9 (striker fired like a glock).. and with my new revolver... i usually just eject the round and continue shooting, which may be a problem if the round is a hang fire. Thank goodness hang fires are rare... I think that light primer strikes are more common in striker fired guns than hang fires.
A squib is a round with no powder and is powered only by the primer flash...so that bullet does not usually make it out of the barrel... can be very dangerous if another round is chambered and fired...usually ends up with bulged barrel or worse..
Just for interest... I remember reading about a thief who stole a fellows vintage WWII 1911.. he also stole the mag of vintage ammo.. and subsequently used this gun and ammo to rob a store.. after pulling the trigger.. nothing happened.. he looked down the barrel and the hang fire went off.. shot himself in the face and to death... ouch.. LOL..
RDG
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i read the same story in the darwin awards (3rd)? edtion, also heard it on paul harvey....urban ledgend? or sweet sweet karma?
