>From the NRA: Any time the hammer or firing pin falls and the gun fails to fire, a hangfire should be assumed. The firearm should not be opened or unloaded, but should be kept pointing in a safe direction for 60 seconds with a modern cartridge—and two minutes for a muzzleloader. This is sufficient time for any hangfire to complete ignition. If one minute passes and the gun does not discharge, the situation is actually a misfire. The firearm should be unloaded and the offending cartridge inspected for light primer indentation, contamination, etc.
From: Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Friday, December 3, 2021 4:23 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: [AFMUG] OT this is what happened to me https://youtu.be/mHLS7VrBb3w But with a rifle. If you had one under the hammer, and you banged the hammer on something, it would go off. I have heard of rounds going off 30 seconds after pulling a trigger. Hunter safety courses back in grade school talked about this a bunch. Lay the gun down if it misfires like this and walk a way. So if someone banged the hammer on something, handed it to you, the gun could go off on its own a few seconds later. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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