Ejecting a live round?

[brekneb]

I didn't mean for this to be purely on the subject of hand guns but rather any long guns as well.....

So primer detonation due to the ejectors on long guns aren't really as much an issue as it with a pistol? (Meaning is there less or no risk with this on a long gun?)

And second, do the above suggestions you've all submitted equally apply to long guns (as where to eject the live rounds?)

Third, I'm still wondering how to safely clear a shotgun (without dumping every single round left in the mag) . . . I know some models of Benelli's feature a disconnect button which allows you to extract the round in the breech without the follower taking up the next round--but what about shotguns without that feature?

Thanks.

 

[pdowg881]

Some guns u can stick your finger in the feed port and push the shell latch so the shells pop out woithout having to work the slide. I've done it with my 870, but it can be tricky and racking the slide a few times works best.

 

[jrfoxx]

over the bed is where I do it.

Same here 95% of the time. Otherwise, I just let it fall to the carpet in whatever room I'm in. Not going to hurt anything, so no reason to seek out a bed if it isnt already nearby.Table works fine too, but I try to avoid it just to not nick up the table (most of ours are glass topped <---looks nice, but really impracticle.Never again)

 

[JWarren]

I turn the firearm on its side-- ejection port down-- and eject into my hand. I do this with both my handguns and long guns.

I am not endorsing this method, but it's worked well for me for 30 years. And most people I know have done the same for longer durations.


-- John

 

[brekneb]

Some guns u can stick your finger in the feed port and push the shell latch so the shells pop out woithout having to work the slide. I've done it with my 870, but it can be tricky and racking the slide a few times works best.

I'm foggy on that.

 

[Kind of Blued]

I also catch it in the air, and I do so in what I believe is a safe manner. I do this over a carpeted area, a bed, something of the sort, with no hard objects within a few feet. I think about who is within the building and which direction they are, point the gun in a different direction, eject it into the air and let it LAND IN my hand. If I go swatting for it, there is a chance that it will fly across the room and a Bic pen just HAPPENS to hit the primer. This is incredibly unlikely, but the likelyhood is greater than zero, so I don't mess around with it.

That and it looks cool.

 

[CalebJns]

I actually had to check the way I ejected the "unfired" round...usually I shoot mine till empty...but at home I have to go along with the other comments, It is very rare when I clear my CCW...unless I am cleaning it...I drop the mag, hold it in my right hand, check where the wife is located, point in different direction, cup left hand over ejection port, and pull the slide back, cupping the last shell. As for my shotgun, I usually rack it back, and dump it out, either into my hand or on the couch / chair, etc.

 

[Flopsy]

Just pop it onto the bed or the carpet. I never thought it was much of an issue.

 

[brekneb]

So if the round detonates while racking the action to the clear the weapon, then is there any risk of brass shrapnel flying back into your face if the ejection port is facing up? (As one would do to eject a live round up into the air and catch it) or is the energy from a detonating round too minimal to do any damage at arm-length distance?

 

[gym]

there are many ways, just be careful, lock back the slide,slowly, lock it , then tilt the weapon and allow the round to roll out. or pull the slide as racking a round over carpet or a be as mentioned. It ain't rocket science.

 

[QUICK_DRAW_McGRAW]

the only time mine are unloaded are when they are shot empty at the range and its cease fire.

i don't care i don't have little ones in my house. my carry guns stay loaded at all times no matter if im home fore the night or not.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

I turn the firearm on its side-- ejection port down-- and eject into my hand. I do this with both my handguns and long guns.

That's the way I do it.

I'm not sure about all shotguns but with my 870 just press the slide release, eject the shell in the chamber, turn the gun so the ejection port faces down and the next shell that's sitting on the follower will fall out. You can close the action, dry fire it (make sure it's empty!) and put the 2 shells back in the mag tube.

 

[bsf]

With pistols, as long is no one is looking; I catch the cartridge in mid air. With shotguns I usually eject the shells onto something soft like the foam of a gun case. With rifle practice rounds, I eject them wherever convenient. I have covered the ejection port on a pistol while removing a round from the chamber, but even while doing it I thought it may not be smart. I do not plan to do it anymore.

 

[Bobarino]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PCLUyfHhbG4 watch at 1:40 into the clip. do it like that

foul language warning in the clip!!

Bobby

 

[Jimmy Dean]

In my PT145, if I do not have a mag in, the gun does not eject the round, I simply point the gun down, pull the slide back and push the slide lock with my thumb, then tilt the gun back to tip the round out either the ejection port or out the grip where the mag would be. (seems my gun is designed to eject it with pressure added from the magazine)

 

[toopercentmlk]

I also tilt the gun sideways and eject the live round into the air catching it with my weak hand. It makes me look cool in front of the newbies at the range.

 

[deanf]

Remove mag
place right hand under mag well
place left hand over ejection port, gripping slide firmly
push hands towards each other, thus moving slide back to eject round
round is stopped by hand over ejection port and drops through mag well into right hand

 

[Tom Fury]

At the range I always hold the gun in my left hand and point downrange, pull the slide back slowly slingshot with my right, and let the round drop down into my range bag or gun rug; then let the slide down easy.

At home, over the bed; then I don't have to bend over.

LOL...Demon cat from Hell story.

Cheers, TF

Cheers, TF

 

[Sato Ord]

I've always cupped the ejection port on pistols, even 1911s. Never had a problem. Of course I have really big hands so I know the round is going to fall completely free from the weapon.

For rifles, autos I just eject the round and let fall on the nearest soft surface. Bolt actions I do the old "sniper eject" and grab it as it is coming out just like a sniper would when policing his brass from an old 308.

That's the way I was taught to do it over forty years ago and I've never had a round catch up and fire accidentally.

Got my fingers pinched once or twice when I was s kid because my hands were smaller back then, but you learn pretty quickly to keep your fingers out of the way: pain is an incredibly effective teacher.

 

[jlficken]

I just cup my hand over the ejection port, eject the magazine, and rack the slide while engagine the slide stop. Then there is no way for it to close on a loaded round even if the round doesn't fully eject. This of course is when I actually do unload my carry gun which isn't very often only range sessions and cleaning.

 

[givo08]

I don't feel it is dangerous to cup the ejection port of a firearm as long as you safe and are keeping your finger off the trigger. Been doing that way for 25+ years. Just my $.02

i don't recommend this. My ccw instructor was missing 2 fingers because he did this and the slide closed before the round was out and the ejector set off the round in his hand.

 

[CypherNinja]

Every time I unload my CCW, I practice holding the gun at just the right angle to shoot the round straight up so I can catch it.

 

[Erik]

Besides building distracting habits which may surface at less than ideal times, "fancy" ejecting techniques can be dangerous.

Habit wise: I've seen folks under pressure, range pressure at that, perform them when they should have been running a promptly loaded gun.

Safety wise: It is not unheard of for cartridges to go off bobbled between the gun and the hand while unloading. Likewise, folks have ejected a hang fires, plucked them out of the air, only to have them go off. Granted these are rare occurances, but they are avoidable.

 

[abrink]

If you do it slow enough the round will just come out of the magazine area. Of course only if theres no mag in there

 

[Lupinus]

I do it over the bed, drop mag, and use my thumb and first finger to grasp the rear of the slide from behind.

I try not to put my palm over the ejection port just in case. I'd really prefer to not have shrapnel going into my palm, something like that could hurt a bit.