coosbaycreep
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I was shooting my hakim earlier, when I pulled the trigger and felt something burn my arm. I looked down, and my gun was smoking and the bottom was blown out of my mag. I opened the dust cover, and there was an empty cartridge with a big cut in the bottom of it. The other 4 or 5 remaining rounds in the mag were all burnt looking too. Any ideas on what caused this?
The ammo I was shooting was yugo surplus, which is supposedly some of the best 8mm surplus. I've had other problems with this ammo though (blown out primer and stuck cases).
The gun itself looks just fine, and I'm glad that all it messed up was the magazine, instead of blowing shrapnel back at my face or something, but this is the last straw for the hakim. As much as I want to love this gun, it keeps giving me a reason to hate it, and I'm tired of screwing with it again.
I found the mag base plate about 15 feet away from where I was shooting, but the spring is long gone. I didn't shoot anymore after this happened, and probably won't shoot it again either.
So could this be the gun's fault, or this another ammo problem?
Either way, it's time for this one to find a new home, as I'm sick of dealing with it again.