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Yesterday I went to my personal range out here in the desert, and began shooting my AR-15, that I built about 5 years ago, and had just recently placed a Vortex scope on it. (Crossfire 2X7 inexpensive). I set up the target at 100 yards. Using 5.56 NATO reloads in once fired PMC brass, 24.3 grains of Varget powder, CCI primers, and 69GRN Sierra HP/BT projectiles. The OAL was right at 2.260, reloaded on 02-15-18.
Upon firing the first round, I noted no reset on the trigger, so upon inspection, I noticed a jam. Note this arm has never had so much as a hic cup in over 1000 rounds of use. My firearm was cleaned prior to taking it out to the range, and cleared prior to loading. Closer inspection showed, after dropping the magazine that there were two rounds inside each other, as depicted by the photos, however both fell out the magazine drop. I tried unsuccessfully to separate them, but to no avail, until I got home and placed one inside the vice and the other on a channel locks, and was able to remove the unfired round.
After further inspection of the rifle, I fired one additional round and noted it struck right next to the first shot but a little low, (so I adjusted the scope to reflect the POI) so after shooting the remaining 18 rounds I noted no additional problems. Below are the photos of the round in question, what happened?
Upon firing the first round, I noted no reset on the trigger, so upon inspection, I noticed a jam. Note this arm has never had so much as a hic cup in over 1000 rounds of use. My firearm was cleaned prior to taking it out to the range, and cleared prior to loading. Closer inspection showed, after dropping the magazine that there were two rounds inside each other, as depicted by the photos, however both fell out the magazine drop. I tried unsuccessfully to separate them, but to no avail, until I got home and placed one inside the vice and the other on a channel locks, and was able to remove the unfired round.
After further inspection of the rifle, I fired one additional round and noted it struck right next to the first shot but a little low, (so I adjusted the scope to reflect the POI) so after shooting the remaining 18 rounds I noted no additional problems. Below are the photos of the round in question, what happened?