I was out shooting my 6.5 Grendel yesterday morning, operating like a badass. I hear a click, but no bang, so I rack the charging handle and see that my rifle has run dry, and failed to lock back on the last round. Not a big deal. I rack the handle again to get it to lock back on the empty magazine, but it rails to engage the bolt catch. One more time I pull it back, I tilt the gun to look into the ejection port and see if the follower is jammed, and release the handle.

It turns out that as I tilted the gun to look inside, it made contact with my jacket. When I release the charging handle, it caught a fold of my jacket between the upper receiver and the charging handle, tearing a nice little hole in my favorite Carhartt jacket.



tl;dr:

I put a hole in my jacket with a gun. Not the way you might think. What's the best way to mend a hole in a Carhartt jacket the size of a dime?

ETA the hole is the size of a dime. Not the jacket.

Next time you might want to buy a quality jacket.

Cover it with something larger, a piece of cloth, patch whatever.  

So, a charging handle will tear it, but a 9mm won't punch thru.  Interesting...  

I've worn it hard for three years, and this is the first sign on wear it's had. It's plenty durable.

Sounds like we need to contact Striker and start a fund raiser

Take it to a tailor shop. They'll fix it for a couple of bucks. Probably less than $5.

Place a molon labe patch over hole and have husband sew it on for you.  




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