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Posted: 12/11/2005 3:19:58 PM EDT
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I loaded my mag, slammed it home in the mag-well of my bushmaster, then pushed the bolt catch and BOOM. I gathered my self, took about a second and a half. Then I dropped my mag and cleared the chamber. I put a hole in the drop celling about 4 feet from the stall. I was shooting a lot of my handloads, must have missed a high primer. The owner of the range, and clerks heckled me. They said it is not the first time it has happened, and that it is not the last time either. I feel like shit. This is the first malfunction I have had with my handloads, I am going to do a 100% check on the primer depth for now on. I will also never close my bolt with it not pointed down range. Besides taking a blow to my ego, their was no harm done, the drop celling hides a armor plate that covers the roof. anyone else have this happen? I was told that even factory ammo can cause a slam fire, is this true? Icon     |
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LOL, Anyone who handles automatic weapons a lot will eventually experience a slam fire... It happened to me before too, just not with my AR either... Good thing is, no one was injured... It can and will happen, so always point the muzzle in a safe direction when charging any automatic weapon... ETA: You should see the hole in the paneling wall of my living room 
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Sounds like a problem with your AR...not your ammo. I reload my own ammo also, and I find it hard to believe that the primers were "high". If the primers were not seated deep enough....you would probably have a problem getting them out of the primer press...and should would be able to see it pretty easily. Sounds like something else besides the ammo. |
I have the case, the primer was .0034 ABOVE the head stamp, I mesured it on a optical comparitor at work. I use a RCBS hand priming tool, after about 150 primers ran throug it the "piston" gets cocked and must be pushed back in place, other wise it will not seat the primers to the correct depth, .003-.005 below the headstamp. If you read your ABC of reloading you will find that 99% of all slam fires are due to high primers, as per the speer reloading manual, this is more true in military style firearms. SKS bolts seem to slma fire the most out of any firearm. This WAS ALL MY FAULT, not the firearm. I am greatful I was able to learn a lesson like this with noone getting hurt. |
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