I just now heard the first part of the interview. He pulled the hammer back, obviously short of the first click, and released it. Gun went off. He let it snapforward. Well hell, no question what happened. I understand Steve’s post now.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 3, 2021, at 4:26 PM, Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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