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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Anyone ever have this happen??
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<blockquote data-quote="gonehuntingagain" data-source="post: 33736" data-attributes="member: 1206"><p>The hammer may have fallen, but since the bolt did not close far enough, the firing pin did not reach the primer. When I was in the Marines, we had an incident similar to this. The rifle got just enough sand in it to prevent the bolt from closing all the way, but alloweed it to close enough to allow it to be fired. The left side of the upper receiver blew off in a large chunk. The guy that was shooting was wearing his gas mask at the time, so he came out of it ok - extremely lucky.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I think I would have a gunsmith remove the stuck case head so the chamber doesn't get hosed, then have him check it out thouroughly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gonehuntingagain, post: 33736, member: 1206"] The hammer may have fallen, but since the bolt did not close far enough, the firing pin did not reach the primer. When I was in the Marines, we had an incident similar to this. The rifle got just enough sand in it to prevent the bolt from closing all the way, but alloweed it to close enough to allow it to be fired. The left side of the upper receiver blew off in a large chunk. The guy that was shooting was wearing his gas mask at the time, so he came out of it ok - extremely lucky. Anyway, I think I would have a gunsmith remove the stuck case head so the chamber doesn't get hosed, then have him check it out thouroughly. [/QUOTE]
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