Strange Events
Oct. 6th, 2008 05:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stickmakerWas shooting this afternoon (still breaking in the P250, which continues to slowly improve after 400 rounds) and the young LEO next to me bragged about his M-1911. When he shot it, however, it jammed after just three rounds. The empties had landed near my feet, and while he tried to clear the gun I glanced down. And immediately called for him to stop. Because that last empty was only the back half of a .45 ACP cartridge. The rest was stuck in the chamber.
It was a clean separation, not quite even all the way around. The shot had sounded normal, and the partial cartridge had ejected cleanly. The ammunition was Winchester White Box.
That was the first such incident either of us had seen in a combination of over forty years of shooting, and was with a major brand name ammunition.
It was a clean separation, not quite even all the way around. The shot had sounded normal, and the partial cartridge had ejected cleanly. The ammunition was Winchester White Box.
That was the first such incident either of us had seen in a combination of over forty years of shooting, and was with a major brand name ammunition.
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Date: 2008-10-07 04:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-07 01:40 pm (UTC)Nope. Didn't sound odd to me and he didn't notice it feeling odd; the next round just wouldn't feed. Neither of us had a clue it was anything more than a usual type of jam until I happened to notice the damaged case.
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Date: 2008-10-07 02:03 pm (UTC)