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Posted: 8/16/2009 10:33:20 AM EDT
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Today I fired reloads of unknown origin. Yes, not the most brilliant of moves, but they were free inherited from a friend who inherited... They shot OK, with no obvious pressure signs. But on two rounds, something odd happened. They cycled into the chamber fine, but when I pulled the trigger, it went "click". So I extracted the unfired rounds- which took a bit of force. Upon inspection, there was no strike upon the primer. So I re-chambered them, and they fired fine.
What would cause this? The gun went "click", so how come the firing pin didn't strike the primers on the first go-around? |
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Today I fired reloads of unknown origin. Yes, not the most brilliant of moves, but they were free inherited from a friend who inherited... They shot OK, with no obvious pressure signs. But on two rounds, something odd happened. They cycled into the chamber fine, but when I pulled the trigger, it went "click". So I extracted the unfired rounds- which took a bit of force. Upon inspection, there was no strike upon the primer. So I re-chambered them, and they fired fine. What would cause this? The gun went "click", so how come the firing pin didn't strike the primers on the first go-around? The cases may have been a smidge oversize and not allowed the gun to return completely into battery. On many guns, if you are out of battery by 1/16" or so, the hammer (or striker) will trip, and will go CLICK, but the energy is spent nudging the slide home (may not get there) instead of transfered to the primer. |
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Keep in mind when shooting "handloads of unknown origin"––they may have become available because the guy who loaded them killed himself shooting his handloads in a gun that blew up.  I almost spit out my dip laughing at that. True is the best kind of funny. I once went to a garage sale and a lady was trying to sell her dead husband's hand loads. She told me how much time he spent reloading and how great and accurate they would be. I bought the entire lot at a cheap price and never told her she was probably breaking a law and opening up herself to huge liability issues. I just took them, thanked her for the deal and slowly worked at pulling every bullet to recycle the brass for my loads. She was a nice old woman whose husband just passed away. No need to worry her about everything else or leave them for someone else to make a problem for her. |
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