Firearms disassembling when fired

[Fred562]

Have you ever had or seen a firearm disassemble when fired?

I remember a stainless model come undone when fired. I was a kid and couldn't identify the actual name of the pistol when a relative of mine fired it. In retrospect, I can only guess it was a .380.

[hermosabeach]

Disassembled as the barrel or slide came off after something was broken?

[Fred562]

Disassembled as the barrel or slide came off after something was broken?

The entire slide came off. I saw them shoot it twice (which is one too many by my count). One of those times, it was at dusk and they couldn't find the spring afterwards. So they waited until dawn the next morning to find it.

[vintagearms]

Makarov safeties are notorious for coming off when worn.

[RR.44]

Saw the front sight from a Rossi .38 fly off during the first 3 rounds ever fired through it.

[oddjob]

The slide from a Colt Officer's model went down range (didn't happen to me). Tungsten guide rods come out (very brittle). I fired a sawed off 12 double barrel shotgun and the forearm came off.

[CandG]

I once fired a pistol where the projectile became completely dislodged from it's casing and was launched several hundred feet downrange before being embedded in a dirt bank. I searched for hours but never found it, although I discovered that a lot of other shooters seemed to have had similar malfunctions.

[coryhenry]

I once fired a pistol where the projectile became completely dislodged from it's casing and was launched several hundred feet downrange before being embedded in a dirt bank. I searched for hours but never found it, although I discovered that a lot of other shooters seemed to have had similar malfunctions.

HaaaHaaaa

[Pappagiorgio]

I once saw a Remington 870 shotgun with a weak magazine end cap puke the cap, mag spring and all its unfired shells downrange when the owner racked it on the firing line.

[Jimi Jah]

I buffer tube worked loose once. My 7.62x39 AR-47 needed a retorque of the castle nut and a really tight scope mount, the shock is much more than a normal AR with .223 ammo. The buffer tube worked loose even with the castle nut firmly in place.

[JDay]

I buffer tube worked loose once. My 7.62x39 AR-47 needed a retorque of the castle nut and a really tight scope mount, the shock is much more than a normal AR with .223 ammo. The buffer tube worked loose even with the castle nut firmly in place.

That's why you stake the castle nut after you torque it and verify function.

[Fishslayer]

I had the magazine drop out of an SKS I had improperly reassembled. No... it was NOT a Tapco! Gotta make sure those little pins engage properly.

Had a front sight fall off a 10/22.

[CK_32]

Lol I came into this thread expecting to facepalm from fail,


But am leaving after a few good chuckles and picturing some of the events above going through my head lol

[stix213]

I have several firearms where screws slowly work their way out when fired. I should locktite them but I usually just remember to tighten them before or after use.

[PyroFox79]

I watched a 50 cal barrel get launched out of the receiver after the idiot didnt put it in right. That was pretty funny.