outerlimits Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) ok, this one puzzled me. take a look at this 1100. backdrop is this. shooting a 3 gun match yesterday at 5 dogs. stage is shotgun and pistol. start with the pistol, shoot a few swingers, enter a house, run through the hallways hosing stuff...dump pistol and grab shotgun, hose steel, flying clays and a star. i get to the shotgun, after the first shot i have a bolt action 1100. bang, cycle bolt, repeat for 21 shots. flying clays hitting the ground, star going 100 mph, a disaster. i get back to the safe area and notice this part of the forend blown out. wtf? no gas holes in that area...could i have caught it on a port on the 1st shot? ok, virtual six-pack the the person that guesses what happened. Edited February 28, 2011 by outerlimits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 There are no gas ports anywhere near that. I can't see how wacking the forend on a port could break it like that. Have you pulled the forend off to see how the action bars are? Did one break or separate from the piston? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kampr Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Ricochet from the pistol stage, jamming junk in/bending the action bars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 The little sheetmetal forearm guide broke Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 The little sheetmetal forearm guide broke Jim Might the experience ending with a "disassemble and show clear" have led to this statement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 The little sheetmetal forearm guide broke Jim Might the experience ending with a "disassemble and show clear" have led to this statement? No..that was a broken link..(tuning fork)..Im sure THAT episode will live forever Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.E. Kelley Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Jim's got it! Patrick See you at Mesa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 i did strip the gun after that stage, cleaned out a bunch of pieces of composite forend and it ran like a champ the last 2 stages. after the match i checked out the port where it went south-no way that part of the forend could have touched a port. i then turned around and looked at the location of the shotgun staging barrel behind me...guess what, there were two holes in that barrel, and one was right where a shotgun would have been staged-in my case, muzzle down, turned on it's left side. i then realized i had actually shot my own shotgun with my pistol. i remember tossing my 2 round velcro band when i disassembled the 1100, and there is more proof there, showing where the round had hit. twilight zone stuff. so, no jamming the bakersfield crew-they put on great 3 gun matches...just shows how difficult it is with a house with solid walls-impact areas can't be controlled. in the end, this 1100 is "bulletproof"-a 121 gr MG major round just pissed it off. i did completely field strip it this morning and checked everything. went through 2 boxes of shells at the range and she's still good to go. as soon as benny's finished with my 930, it'll be retired. the gentleman from AZ got it right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken hebert Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Dude... YOU SHOT YOUR OWN GUN?!!! !!!!!! and you owned up to it. right on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trail3 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 His Remington did not want to be retired and tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of Butch's bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMcG Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "I went out and shot my guns today." Glad you and RO were both not harmed. Cheers, Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivas Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 I kept quiet because I knew what happened. That is one for the books for sure. I would have cried if that was my new SALIENT. I could hear it now. I send it back to Salient and say, "Can you repair this I shot it!" That will make you think from now on. When you get your 930 from Benny you should take your 1100 to matches and shoot it only if there is a stage like that and you think you could do that again. Oh no, here comes a new rule. "If you think you could shoot your gun during the course of fire you may use a backup gun." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmdCtzn Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Now it really is a shot gun! Get it? Shot gun? I kill me. I wonder if anybody else shot theirs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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