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...another one of those!!! "...I find it useful to go back to the source..." guys...

ajwakeboarder wrote:I gotta give props to the last lady that had the casing go down her shirt. She kept the pistol pointed in a safe direction and had her finger off the trigger.

Can't remember her name, but I've seen her in a couple of other YouTube videos...she shoots various guns (as well as doing other activities such as fishing), and her husband records her...one of those internet channel things...they're from Louisiana, IIRC.

I bought a .25 at a gun show . I loaded the Mag inserted full mag
Pulled back the slide. THe gun went off with the eject port open.
A part of the exploded shell casing flew out the eject port (in pieces)
On examination I found that the fireing pin was defective. it was
hitting the primer when the slide was released without pulling the trigger.
I took it to a gunsmith. Moral of the story check your gun for mechanical defects
and don't assume anything. I was neglient for not checking a used gun before firing.
Lucky no body hurt

tommyg wrote:I bought a .25 at a gun show . I loaded the Mag inserted full mag
Pulled back the slide. THe gun went off with the eject port open.
A part of the exploded shell casing flew out the eject port (in pieces)
On examination I found that the fireing pin was defective. it was
hitting the primer when the slide was released without pulling the trigger.
I took it to a gunsmith. Moral of the story check your gun for mechanical defects
and don't assume anything. I was neglient for not checking a used gun before firing.
Lucky no body hurt

Was it a Lorcin?

68Charger wrote:

tommyg wrote:I bought a .25 at a gun show . I loaded the Mag inserted full mag
Pulled back the slide. THe gun went off with the eject port open.
A part of the exploded shell casing flew out the eject port (in pieces)
On examination I found that the fireing pin was defective. it was
hitting the primer when the slide was released without pulling the trigger.
I took it to a gunsmith. Moral of the story check your gun for mechanical defects
and don't assume anything. I was neglient for not checking a used gun before firing.
Lucky no body hurt

Was it a Lorcin?

Nah, Jennings.

tommyg wrote:I bought a .25 at a gun show . I loaded the Mag inserted full mag
Pulled back the slide. THe gun went off with the eject port open.
A part of the exploded shell casing flew out the eject port (in pieces)
On examination I found that the fireing pin was defective. it was
hitting the primer when the slide was released without pulling the trigger.
I took it to a gunsmith. Moral of the story check your gun for mechanical defects
and don't assume anything. I was neglient for not checking a used gun before firing.
Lucky no body hurt

The firing pin on the SKS I bought from Cabella's was jammed forward and so caked with cosmoline that it took me an hour or so to work it loose. It works fine now after just a thorough cleaning of the bolt assembly, but if I had tried to chamber a round without doing that first I would've slam fired my way through the whole magazine.