Snap Cap stuck in chamber backwards

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Hey all,

I was practicing my dry firing technique on my NP-29 when the snap cap I had been using had inverted itself inside the chamber and is now stuck. This is the first time I have ever heard, let alone seen, something like this before.

Can anyone help me with my problem?

Thanks,
Scott
 
Thanks for the idea, but the snap cap didn't come out.

I placed the wooden spoon on the ground and placed the barrel over it.
As I pushed down on the handgun and applied alot of force, the snap cap will not come out. I'm sure it's being held in place, or do I need to put all my weight onto it?
 
Just broke the wooden spoon.

Snap cap is still stuck.

The plastic part of the snap cap is facing the hammer and the brass portion is in the chamber.
 
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the snap cap inverted itself inside the chamber
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That is amazing, I have never heard of any round, real or pretend, that managed to rotate itself 180 degrees inside the chamber!
:runaway:
Crazy!
 
Yes Virginia, the P16-40 LTD will feed cases backwards.

john@ said:
???
That is amazing, I have never heard of any round, real or pretend, that managed to rotate itself 180 degrees inside the chamber!
:runaway:
Crazy!
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I only saw it once.

During a match this guy was acting as RO (to the exclusion of anyone else - you know the type). He was next up to shoot, and others offered to RO. He declined. On the line now, he realized he hadn't loaded his mags. Rush, rush, he ran to his bag and loaded up. Load and make ready....beep....bang, bang...click.

His reaction was not very memorable, but it is also hard to forget. (One round was stuck in the chamber, backwards.) In this order he: swore; abandoned his pistol; blamed others for the error; was DQ'd; and then went home in a rage.

(He isn't welcome here anymore.)
 
NEVER use wood to remove an obstruction! As mentioned, the spoon broke. Now imagine that happening in a rifle barrel. You would then have TWO obstructions!
 
Had it happen to me with my .45 during an IPSC course of fire while trying to clear a malfunction. I'm not sure what happened since I was trying to boogie, but I think when I tapped the mag and then racked the slide the top round in the mag popped out (feed lips not right) and flipped, then entered the chamber backwards when I released the slide. The slide closed fine but the gun wouldn't fire and couldn't eject the round since there was no rim for the extractor to grab onto. It took me a couple of seconds to figure out what was going on, then I saw the bullet facing me from the chamber.

That was the end of that. There is no way to clear the gun safely that I'm aware of. Zero on that stage.
 
Wendell, you must be shooting in Nova Scotia,because that's exactly what happened at the Provincials about 4-5 years ago and yes it was the most disturbing thing that I have ever seen!
 
Go to local Rona, Home Depot, Ace... and purchase a steel rod of the correct size of whatever caliber you are shooting. Cut to length and wrap one thickness of duct tape around it.
You now have a precision tool for removing obstructions and squib loads.
I have rods for my .45, my .40S&W and my .38
Rods sell for $4-$6 each and are usually 3-4' long. They are a permanent part of my shooting kit at the range.
 
I'll take my son over to Home Depot and get him the right
piece for his gun tool box. Thank you for the help guys.

When he showed me what he did last night, I had to laugh. It was funny.
Glad the wooden spoon that broke was a smaller diameter than the barrel.
Used a plastic chop stick with the hammer and the snap cap came out.

Thanx again guys.
 
Griffoneur said:
Go to local Rona, Home Depot, Ace... and purchase a steel rod of the correct size of whatever caliber you are shooting. Cut to length and wrap one thickness of duct tape around it.
You now have a precision tool for removing obstructions and squib loads.
I have rods for my .45, my .40S&W and my .38
Rods sell for $4-$6 each and are usually 3-4' long. They are a permanent part of my shooting kit at the range.
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DO NOT use steel, you will damage the barrel. Only use brass rod.
 
If you have to buy steel, also get some heat shrink
tubing that will go over the rod and heat it and it will
make a nice smooth rod, thou as mentioned above , use
brass.
bgm in Sk.
 
Brass will not damage a barrel.

After the coating on a steel rod wears through, damage to the barrel will occur.

Why both with steel when brass is availible?
 
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