08-19-2020, 12:24 PM
Cotay Wrote:Quite scary and a good reminder to pay attention when shooting and to learn the characteristics of your equipment so you can recognize odd behavior before it results in a tragedy. Most stoppages I've ever experienced in a rifle were from magazines that were capable of being overloaded and the rifle choked on it.
I am surprised that powder didn't fly everywhere when the case was ejected.
Cotay:
Same thought here. When this happens the powder really flies.
What I do is to push up on the magazine to make sure it is locked and look at the ejection port when I pull the charging handle or slide on a pistol back to make sure a piece of brass comes out and if it didn't fire that the piece of brass still has the bullet attached. I also look to see the next round does get stripped and chambers. If it goes part way in and stops, I see it and know a bullet is lodged in the chamber. However I never get that far because I check my rifle brass after charging to make sure every piece has powder and that the levels are as equal as I can see with my eye. With a progressive it pays to have a low charge alarm on one of the stations.
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