Posted: 2/9/2011 12:51:33 PM EDT
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I was shooting my G19 at the range today and had an interesting issue that never happened to me before.
After firing about 200 rounds of Winchester Nato 9mm, I pulled the trigger back and nothing... seemed like a jam. But then, about 1/2 a second later it fired off! Scared the piss out of me! Is there a term for a round that does that? (Please don't hate on glock!) (Did I just use "hate" as a verb?!?!?!? Oy vey!) |
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I was shooting my G19 at the range today and had an interesting issue that never happened to me before. After firing about 200 rounds of Winchester Nato 9mm, I pulled the trigger back and nothing... seemed like a jam. But then, about 1/2 a second later it fired off! Scared the piss out of me! Is there a term for a round that does that? (Please don't hate on glock!) (Did I just use "hate" as a verb?!?!?!? Oy vey!) "Hangfire" |
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I was shooting my G19 at the range today and had an interesting issue that never happened to me before. After firing about 200 rounds of Winchester Nato 9mm, I pulled the trigger back and nothing... seemed like a jam. But then, about 1/2 a second later it fired off! Scared the piss out of me! Is there a term for a round that does that? (Please don't hate on glock!) (Did I just use "hate" as a verb?!?!?!? Oy vey!) "Hangfire" this, make sure that when it happens you keep the business end pointed in a safe direction for obvious reasons. J- |
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I was shooting my G19 at the range today and had an interesting issue that never happened to me before. After firing about 200 rounds of Winchester Nato 9mm, I pulled the trigger back and nothing... seemed like a jam. But then, about 1/2 a second later it fired off! Scared the piss out of me! Is there a term for a round that does that? (Please don't hate on glock!) (Did I just use "hate" as a verb?!?!?!? Oy vey!) "Hangfire" Thats the word! I was going nuts trying to remember it. It was the white box ammo. Out of the 1/2 case I bought, it was the only hiccup. ETA: I don't think its the same "white box" you guys are talking about. This was 124gr nato in a white box with just black print (no red). |
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I had a hangfire once on a AR, surprising to say the least. The larger the bore, the worse the suprise. Had a 7mm Mag hangfire on me, that sucked.  oh but this surprise was thought to be a bad primer and ejected before the party could start. To say the least I peed a little. |
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I had a hangfire once on a AR, surprising to say the least. The larger the bore, the worse the suprise. Had a 7mm Mag hangfire on me, that sucked. oh but this surprise was thought to be a bad primer and ejected before the party could start. To say the least I peed a little. 
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I had a hangfire once on a AR, surprising to say the least. The larger the bore, the worse the suprise. Had a 7mm Mag hangfire on me, that sucked. oh but this surprise was thought to be a bad primer and ejected before the party could start. To say the least I peed a little. You win.  My shoulder and jaw hurt... my pants were dry though.
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| I had two failures to fire on a 50 BMG a couple of weeks ago, probably due to hard primers and not a strong enough hammer spring. Neither of them fired, but there is nothing like sitting there with a 50 against your shoulder thinking, "how long do I wait before opening the bolt?". Both fired on the second strike after cycling the action. |
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thats why they tell you to keep the gun pointed in a safe direction for a least 30 seconds if you get a click, but no bang. Yeah... except when the tell you tap, rack, bang... and to practice that way too with a click and no bang. That is the training for when targets are shooting back at you.... no need to be all tactical and stay in the fight against paper. 
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I was goose hunting with my dad when he had a hangfire on a shell that might have been a little too wet for a little too long... Click...hmmm... rackBANG! made it halfway out the port after racking the pump then went off, showering me (about 20ft away) with a handful of shot. scared us more than anything, but didn't hurt the gun or either of us... |