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How you can DESTROY your Pistol Barrel

Honest question and not being mean. So the shooter likely had to hand cycle the slide (I’ve never know one to cycle on even a low powered charge let alone a primer only) and didn’t think to double check the barrel????

Sort of like if you meet resistance stop and make assessments rule.
 
ECS686 said:
Honest question and not being mean. So the shooter likely had to hand cycle the slide (I’ve never know one to cycle on even a low powered charge let alone a primer only) and didn’t think to double check the barrel????

Sort of like if you meet resistance stop and make assessments rule.
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I understand what you're saying but there's an old saying "When you hear hoofbeats think horses not Zebras."

Squib loads are incredibly rare.

Even if the shooter cycled the action by hand the gun ejected an empty case.

I could see somebody assuming that there wasn't anything obscuring the chamber
 
ECS686 said:
Honest question and not being mean. So the shooter likely had to hand cycle the slide (I’ve never know one to cycle on even a low powered charge let alone a primer only) and didn’t think to double check the barrel????

Sort of like if you meet resistance stop and make assessments rule.
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I’ve seen the non ejection port side of a M4 upper receiver blow out due to bad ammunition. The soldier’s hand and forearm got shrapnel and burns and his face got some cuts. Thank goodness for ballistic eye protection. The investigation revealed that it was a double feed and both rounds exploded. His was engaging a Tango and was on 3 round burst.
We at first thought he got hit. We 9 lined him and he eventually fully recovered.
 
The Night Rider said:
I understand what you're saying but there's an old saying "When you hear hoofbeats think horses not Zebras."

Squib loads are incredibly rare.

Even if the shooter cycled the action by hand the gun ejected an empty case.

I could see somebody assuming that there wasn't anything obscuring the chamber
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I’d it was a standard brand I’d say maybe new or niece shooter. Usually folks that spend more money on their stuff aren’t fist time shooters and should have known better. And 20-30 years ago when I was active in USPSA I saw a ton of primer only squibs of course for the newer shooters caught in the moment trying to clear the RO usually in point with “STOP” the others that knew stooped non dominant hand up saying they identified the issue as that recoil thing and noise didn’t happen

So while we don’t know the case I find it most likely as a probably should have known better
 
The Night Rider said:
I understand what you're saying but there's an old saying "When you hear hoofbeats think horses not Zebras."

Squib loads are incredibly rare.

Even if the shooter cycled the action by hand the gun ejected an empty case.

I could see somebody assuming that there wasn't anything obscuring the chamber
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Not necessarily, when I had my Rossi revolver out last week I was shooting some older .38’s, one round just kinda went poof, and no muzzle flash, I stopped and the RO came up and said squib load, I said think so, he went and got me a wooden dowel rod and I checked the barrel, luckily no bullet in bore. So squib loads do occur, the ammo I was using was Remington 110gr JHP, so you should pay attention to the sound and recoil of your ammo your using, just sayin
 
rcurtner said:
In Vietnam got too close to a 90mm tank gun firing ruptured both ear drums. Did not deserve a Purple Heart but VA deemed it service connected.
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The Awards system for the Army during the Global War on Terror quickly became a “Oprah Show.”. You Get One and You Get One……..
Big Army finally said enough of the BS. Many found out that their award or badge got revoked. Apparently, some Rear Detachment folks who never deployed and were back at home station were getting Combat Action Badges.
 
I got plenty of experience with hang fires and “squibs” with my muzzle loaders. Honestly it was danged good experience, I developed that muscle memory to just hang tight for several seconds and then figure out the extent of the problem.

I’ve had one experience with a dead round, primer was sideways. One experience with an uncharged 45/70 round, primer popped and I didn’t know it, ejected a “live round” though a spent primer. Took it apart and found it was never charged.
 
So…if I feel an odd recoil, or an off report…I’ll stop and check.

If I just have a FTE, I’m going into a failure drill, immediately—eject the round/casing and get a fresh round in, and get back to the fight. What you do in practice is what you do when it goes sideways. As mentioned above, the odds of a squib are very low, and I’ve NEVER seen an actual hangfire on modern, good condition centerfire ammo, and I am 100% willing to roll those dice.
 
I’ve experienced a few hang fires before. I’ve never had anything that would rupture the barrel though. Bad ammo or over pressured ammo. We all know that there’s production ammunition available out there that’s designed to safely fire in certain types of weapons.
Buffalo Bore is really good at putting warnings about their High Pressure ammunition on their website
 
The Night Rider said:
I understand what you're saying but there's an old saying "When you hear hoofbeats think horses not Zebras."

Squib loads are incredibly rare.

Even if the shooter cycled the action by hand the gun ejected an empty case.

I could see somebody assuming that there wasn't anything obscuring the chamber
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I would use the adjective Incredibly for hangfires , but not squibs .

But yes , the liklely scenario is probably that .
 
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