The pistol is a bone stock plain jane 1911, the reason I use ball ammo is they are notoriously finicky about using anything else.
Got the bullet out easy enough with a brass drift and a couple of good whacks.
Yes a primer alone will drive the bullet that far, the problem comes when it happens...
When I moved up to Indiana a couple of years ago, I dumped all my magazines into a 50 gallon cardboard shipping barrel, I filled that barrel to the top - wish I had taken a pic now, the ultimate mag porn pic.
Oh and also picked up ten Korean 40 rounders for my AR (da poodle shooter) for like 60...
Well I went to the range the other day and was running my 1911 and "pop" I experienced a squib load (for the uninitiated, a cartridge that didn't get any powder loaded, just primer) and the bullet lodged in the barrel.
My big concern with this is, this pistol is my primary carry gun, what would...
Well it does and continues to have some severe reliability issues in the field (granted its much less that in past history), many of the soldiers that are okay with the failures are ones that have never fired older service weapons or have never fired other guns and dont know what what their...
Dont skip either, the forward assist is really needed, the bunny gun is really finicky about working if you get any dirt or too much unburned powder built up and if it happens that's the only way your going to get the bolt to go home
Dust cover, like mentioned above it will keep dirt out if you...
Well let me say howdy and hopefully I will spend some considerable time here this winter. I'm retired military and moved here a couple years ago to rebuild a termite mound that I bought for too much money.