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  • #16
    bigger hammer
    Senior Member
    • May 2009
    • 2051

    Nice flinch on both rounds that didn't fire.

    BH
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    • #17
      Caiden07
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2009
      • 777

      It wasn't a Glock?
      +1 here
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      • #18
        HotRails
        Senior Member
        • May 2008
        • 1491

        Originally posted by Interloper
        I'm guessing squib, stuck in the throat. Possibly from a round with no powder charge. That would explain why the next round wouldn't chamber. He bangs the assist until it's shoved into the pipe enough to chamber. Says a lot about the design of the rifle that the blast was directed away from the shooter.

        This is why, if something seems not quite right, STOP and check!. My buddy blew up his Makarov due to a squib and the same buddy stopped me in time from blowing up my .30-'06.
        Seems likely, but what do you think caused the two FTF's after the squib? It seems as though he cycles two rounds after the first FTE. Just curious.

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        • #19
          Interloper
          Veteran Member
          • Nov 2009
          • 2680

          Originally posted by HotRails
          Seems likely, but what do you think caused the two FTF's after the squib? It seems as though he cycles two rounds after the first FTE. Just curious.
          I'm guessing the bolt wouldn't lock into battery until he had hammered on it a bit. Good thing, too. An out of battery failure of a cartridge rated for 58k psi would be very bad.

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