lernerk392
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I went to the range the other day and only shot two guns (my 10.5 AR (.223) and my Hellcat pistol (9mm)).
I noticed right away that my action wasn't locking back after the last round on the AR. I was using a different ammo than I first shot it with (fairly new gun), but it was the same grain and both were 223. It was ejecting brass and cycling fine, but there was one time where I pulled the trigger and nothing happened. I thought I had a bad cartridge/hangfire or even a squib, but what really happened was it didn't even strip the next round off in the mag.
Next, went and shot the Hellcat. And wouldn't you know, it failed to lock back on the last round as well! The mag is a basically new factory mag, shot it in the gun with the same grain ammunition as before. This pistol is more broken in and has always locked back. I was wondering if I was limp wristing all of the sudden or riding the slide release, but I wasn't.
I will be going back to the range next week with another brand of ammo and different mags. Will bring the old stuff to do an experiment to hopefully find out what the culprit is. I am looking forward to sniffing out the problem.
I am not the most well versed shooter out there so maybe its me, but I've shot these exact guns before and several others with no problems (at least not of this nature, skill is a whole other animal ).
Just thought I'd share just in case someone had some wisdom to impart upon me. I am all ears, thanks
TL;DR: Went to range, fired both an AR and handgun, both failed to lock back on last round. Hasn't happened before with same guns or any other guns, however just so happened to occur consistently in two different firearms on the same range trip.
I noticed right away that my action wasn't locking back after the last round on the AR. I was using a different ammo than I first shot it with (fairly new gun), but it was the same grain and both were 223. It was ejecting brass and cycling fine, but there was one time where I pulled the trigger and nothing happened. I thought I had a bad cartridge/hangfire or even a squib, but what really happened was it didn't even strip the next round off in the mag.
Next, went and shot the Hellcat. And wouldn't you know, it failed to lock back on the last round as well! The mag is a basically new factory mag, shot it in the gun with the same grain ammunition as before. This pistol is more broken in and has always locked back. I was wondering if I was limp wristing all of the sudden or riding the slide release, but I wasn't.
- Both guns had one instance where they did lock back, and it was on a noticeably hotter round last round.
- Both were shot with factory ammo, functional magazines, both are clean, maintained, and relatively new/not worn.
- Both guns had fired maybe a hundred rounds each before with zero issue, always locked back.
I will be going back to the range next week with another brand of ammo and different mags. Will bring the old stuff to do an experiment to hopefully find out what the culprit is. I am looking forward to sniffing out the problem.
I am not the most well versed shooter out there so maybe its me, but I've shot these exact guns before and several others with no problems (at least not of this nature, skill is a whole other animal ).
Just thought I'd share just in case someone had some wisdom to impart upon me. I am all ears, thanks
TL;DR: Went to range, fired both an AR and handgun, both failed to lock back on last round. Hasn't happened before with same guns or any other guns, however just so happened to occur consistently in two different firearms on the same range trip.