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Anyone here ever have a cartridge fail on them for any number of reasons? What weapon was it and what provisions does it have to vent gas?
A few months ago I was shooting my m48 mauser and I was using some shitty Romanian steel case. As I was firing away, some of the rounds got stuck and the action wouldn't open, I had to hammer it open.
Well, I inserted another five rounds and I pulled the trigger, it fired and I felt all this shit fly back and hit me in the face. Some of it went into my mouth and I tasted it, the rest was on my face and I'm glad I was wearing safety glasses.
I doubt this is common, but how could a mauser 98 action fail like that? Was it the shitty (rumored out of spec) Romanian steel case?
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Did you hammer the bolt itself open? That may have damaged the locking lugs. Honestly, hard to say without seeing pictures.
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>>31743100
My locking lugs look good. I've examined them already months ago. When I use brass or good quality steel case she goes like a champ.
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Was messing around with a glock .22lr conversion kit and had a cartridge rupture. Got a bunch of shit flying back at my face and a nice scratch on my cheek. Glad I was wearing eyepro too.
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>>31743082
>Some of it went into my mouth and I tasted it, the rest was on my face
Bet that's not the first time that's happened, right bb?
>how could a mauser 98 action fail like that?
It didn't fail; the cartridge case did.
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7.62x39 cartridge not firing, no matter that the primer was clearly hit, is the worst I've had so far.
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>>31743082
Shitty barnaul 9mm didn't go off in a friend's PX4 subcompact (the tilting barrel version).
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>>31743082
It was the cartridge, I have had similar problems firing the Romanian steel case in three different Mausers. All rifles function fine with PPU or S&B.
Worst was an overcharged case that ruptured and blasted shit everywhere.
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Had a corroded .357 mag case rupture. They were some pretty hot hand loads and at the time I didn't think that the old brass would be an issue.
>Gun
A Ruger security six
>Where did the gas vent
Out the cylinder gap and behind the cylinder. Everything turned out fine. I ended up transferring all of the components out of the remaining lot of cartidges and putting them in new brass.
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