Open breach hang fire

[jxb]

It doesn't help that in hand gun training (advanced) they teach students to immediately clear, don't wait. I had to have this conversation with our youngest, don't ever do that with a long gun always wait then clear.

Glad the shooter survived it.

 

[D-4297]

Perhaps I'm misguided.

I tend to think the 'hangfire' term was appropriate for black powder and had merit for a multitude of reasons.

In 'modern', smokeless centerfire rifles, I suspect a firing pin hung up for whatever reason that falls during bolt manipulation is a more likely cause.

But, many prefer to blame other things. So I'll probably get 'roasted' for saying this.

This excludes other causes, such as firing a firearm with a previous slug lodged in the bore.

There are many reasons for "Hang-fires" , but the most common is generally contaminated powder , or a "Bad" Primer . Both of which most shooters have little control over . The other reason is "Shit Happens" , meaning it was just one of those things that happen in life , without any reason . It can happen to any one of us , at any time , but the solution is to NOT do something to aggravate the problem , by doing something . This is the one time in life when doing NOTHING is the correct thing to do !

 

[Dufas]

Had a hang fire on a 5" 38. Wait a half hour, lowest guy on the totem pole gets to extract and toss overboard. After he climbs out the turret escape hatch carrying the rnd.

 

[47WillysGuy]

Had a hang fire on a 5" 38. Wait a half hour, lowest guy on the totem pole gets to extract and toss overboard. After he climbs out the turret escape hatch carrying the rnd.

Had access to one of those for 10 years plus!

 

[RabbitSlayer]

When you shoot a lot of rimfire duds are so frequent you can get complacent easily.

 

[charlie b]

Had a hang fire on a 5" 38. Wait a half hour, lowest guy on the totem pole gets to extract and toss overboard. After he climbs out the turret escape hatch carrying the rnd.

Never had one with the 105mm tank cannon. Procedure was the same. Wait. Then extract and walk it to the dud pit.

We did have some old stock HE shells we were firing. Had to button up for it. Had a couple detonate as soon as the fuse armed, after it left the muzzle, at night. It was pretty, but, made me flinch

The other weird one, same kind of ammo batch, old stuff. Loader stuffed the round in the breech but it stuck with about 1" left to go. We tried to extract it but it wouldn't move. Finally put a block of 2x4 on it and hit it with a hammer (on the edge, not near the firing pin, although they were electrical primers). Took three smacks to get the breech to close.