BluesDancer
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Here's the story: I just got back from the range, but I thought I would make a thread because something interesting happened and I am curious as to the reason why.
I was shooting my .22 in my lane, and while I am shooting I see sparks fly constantly from the lane to my immediate right. Being the curious guy I am, I tap the man's shoulder when he is not shooting and tell him what I saw. He told me that he noticed the sparks too, and that the sparks were only flying when he was using steel cased 9mm, not when he was using the brass-cased 9mm he had (He was using both, off-and-on).
I then decide to stand behind him and watch the man fire a string of shots with the steel-cased stuff, and it looked to be as if the sparks were coming from the ejection port. Either that or the steel case appeared to be rubbing some of the internals before ejection, perhaps. I am really not sure.
I'm curious: has anyone encountered this type of thing with steel cased stuff?? Is this a common thing?
NOTE: He was shooting a CZ75 9mm, the steel cased ammo was Silver Bear, and I don't know what the brass cased ammo was. Both types of his 9mm ammunition appeared to feed and eject properly, and both were pretty accurate.
I was shooting my .22 in my lane, and while I am shooting I see sparks fly constantly from the lane to my immediate right. Being the curious guy I am, I tap the man's shoulder when he is not shooting and tell him what I saw. He told me that he noticed the sparks too, and that the sparks were only flying when he was using steel cased 9mm, not when he was using the brass-cased 9mm he had (He was using both, off-and-on).
I then decide to stand behind him and watch the man fire a string of shots with the steel-cased stuff, and it looked to be as if the sparks were coming from the ejection port. Either that or the steel case appeared to be rubbing some of the internals before ejection, perhaps. I am really not sure.
I'm curious: has anyone encountered this type of thing with steel cased stuff?? Is this a common thing?
NOTE: He was shooting a CZ75 9mm, the steel cased ammo was Silver Bear, and I don't know what the brass cased ammo was. Both types of his 9mm ammunition appeared to feed and eject properly, and both were pretty accurate.