improperlyaged
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Share your worst experience at the range that was equipment related.
Me first, I once picked up a Taurus TCP on a whim at a local pawnshop. It was in pretty rough shape and had clearly been someones pocket carry gun. No bluing was left and it was full of pocket lint. I didn't need another pocket gun but I decided to buy it because the price was right. I immediately, without cleaning or lubing it, took it shooting. IT FAILED EVERY DABLUM ROUND!!! Then 12 horrible rounds in it got locked up with a live round in the chamber and about 1/4" out of battery. I had kept shooting the thing thinking that it may be the steel case ammo but it really got stuck on the brass round. It hadn't been a good day at all and so after I finally beat the slide open with a mallet and get the live round out I chunked the thing as far as I could down the dirt road. I could have cared less about the gun at this point and it went up on armslist as a parts gun. A buddy of mine told me he wanted it and I gave it to him for free. He took it home, lubed it, cleaned it, and has put around 500 trouble free rounds through it since I gave it to him :banghead: That was probably the maddest I have ever been at the range because of my equipment.
What is yours?
P.S. I got the round out by putting the slide of the gun up against a 2x4 barrel pointed down at the ground and then beat the grip till it came open.
Me first, I once picked up a Taurus TCP on a whim at a local pawnshop. It was in pretty rough shape and had clearly been someones pocket carry gun. No bluing was left and it was full of pocket lint. I didn't need another pocket gun but I decided to buy it because the price was right. I immediately, without cleaning or lubing it, took it shooting. IT FAILED EVERY DABLUM ROUND!!! Then 12 horrible rounds in it got locked up with a live round in the chamber and about 1/4" out of battery. I had kept shooting the thing thinking that it may be the steel case ammo but it really got stuck on the brass round. It hadn't been a good day at all and so after I finally beat the slide open with a mallet and get the live round out I chunked the thing as far as I could down the dirt road. I could have cared less about the gun at this point and it went up on armslist as a parts gun. A buddy of mine told me he wanted it and I gave it to him for free. He took it home, lubed it, cleaned it, and has put around 500 trouble free rounds through it since I gave it to him :banghead: That was probably the maddest I have ever been at the range because of my equipment.
What is yours?
P.S. I got the round out by putting the slide of the gun up against a 2x4 barrel pointed down at the ground and then beat the grip till it came open.
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