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How to cure flinch.

BROKENSPROKET

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GreenCountyPete said:
WORD OF Caution

practice with snap caps but , when your doing your TAP - RACK drills do not fire on the next load return to ready then time out

it is possible to get a powder-less round the primer will propel it in the barrel you now have a barrel obstruction
your next round fired will be that guns last round fired. maybe yours also


powder can be not present , present but to little to function , or contaminated with water or oil

on a line with your hearing protection on or just in a noisy environment a squib load doesn't sound like anything but the hammer falling

always stop and check for a barrel obstruction , unless you are really in a life or death gun fight

it happens more often that you win the lottery or get struck by lightning are those odds you want to put your self at risk with

a local smith had 2 22lr rifles in that came apart when a squib was fired then a fresh round without checking for barrel obstruction if the pressure of a 22lr from a blow back action can cause enough pressure to rupture the barrel and splinter the wood of the forearm imagine the pressure in high pressure center fire pistol round could cause in a locked breach delayed blow back action
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Who the hell uses snap caps with LIVE PRIMERS?. (major facepalm)
 
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Old Grump

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GreenCountyPete said:
WORD OF Caution

practice with snap caps but , when your doing your TAP - RACK drills do not fire on the next load return to ready then time out

it is possible to get a powder-less round the primer will propel it in the barrel you now have a barrel obstruction
your next round fired will be that guns last round fired. maybe yours also
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Do you know what a snap cap is?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_cap
No powder, no primer, no projectile.
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Old Grump said:
Do you know what a snap cap is?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_cap
No powder, no primer, no projectile.
File:100_1090.jpg
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I may be mistaken, but what I think he was saying is that you could think that it was the snap cap and simply eject the round and resume firing when it is entirely possible that it was a powderless round or squib load and not the dummy round, leading to a potentially obstructed barrel.
 
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