Mat Price Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 (edited) Had a round not go fully into battery stuck slide grab the front slide rack it hard round goes bang on the ejector bullet hit slide and punches me in jaw case hits me in the chest lots of blood later the Sti is fine jaw is swollen and this is why I never let ro's cup my chamber on unload and show clear Edited March 18, 2011 by Mat Price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterj Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Glad you just got a little bruised up and nothing more serious. Check your ejector. I have seen them break when this happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeMartens Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 round hit the extrator on the primer luckey you didn't have your hand cupped over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Price Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 45 I was out of wolf primers and used some soft federals i keep on hand for my open glock. Sometimes the Sti extended ejector hit the primer hard enough to set it off. This is much easier with soft primers. So I got the projectile in chin busted me wide open bled like a stuck pig. But I am aware of this so I always keep my hand away from the chamber. Moral of the story use hard primers and case gauge even ur practice rounds. What's bad is I was more worried about my aperio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Price Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Being trashed than my face being trashed. I had to go test fire it before I would let anyone clean me up. Out on the range holding a towel on my face weak handing my gun lol. We are nuts yall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Price Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Scot I will show yall the case and bullet at Cas! Didn't even burn hot enough to burn all of mr garrys lube off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaGunner Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Seen the same thing at a match one day but the Guy had his hand over the ejection port while ULSC and the round went off. Cut his hand pretty bad and scared the sh!t out of everybody. I always hold the gun away from me and use the rear cocking serrations. Glad you're all right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Price Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaGunner Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 What's your OAL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck1 Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Glad you're ok, that doesn't sound very fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmap Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Here's mine from March of 2009. The ER had to pull the shrapnel fom my hand. I started a post on it in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strick Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 We had a guy ULSC last year and when the round hit the ground it hit a rock and went off. The guy that just took over the timer from me caught a little in the face but nothing serious thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaritx Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 We had a guy ULSC last year and when the round hit the ground it hit a rock and went off. The guy that just took over the timer from me caught a little in the face but nothing serious thankfully. What you mean, nothing serious???? I had serious brain damage otherwise you would not be kicking my rear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strick Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 What you mean, nothing serious???? It wasn't me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPENB Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Fullrace will probably speak up soon. He had an out of battery detonation couple years ago. Won't go into the gory details, but CareFlight was called. As they used to say on Night Court, he's feeling much better now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNorth Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 We had a guy ULSC last year and when the round hit the ground it hit a rock and went off. The guy that just took over the timer from me caught a little in the face but nothing serious thankfully. So does that count as a shot on the shot timer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 What's your OAL? Mat, Just bumping this up in case you didn't notice my question. I'm always interested in the cartridge overall length when I read about these issues. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Price Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 oh sorry man i did miss it. 1.190 on this load. It is 180 lFP with 4.2 grains of titegroup behind it. I usualy load to 1.135 but this round tends to tumble @ that oal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsupglock Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Up to this point I have always cupped my chamber to catch the round as I unload and show clear. I will NEVER do that again after reading this forum, and I will advise the same to anyone else I ever see do it. I never in a million years of my anal retentive over cautious practices would have thought about this happening. I have never seen it, but it is engrained in my brain now. Thank you very much for sharing this post. Damn. I'm going inspect my ejector/primer relationship as soon as I get home tonight. What an eye opener! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 When you load long you need to be careful that the ejection port on the slide is long enough to accommodate your loaded round leaving the gun. I had the same issue several years ago and when my gunsmith hand cycled a round out there was not enough clearance and the round could (and did) get pushed back onto the ejector. I ruined a perfectly good pair of shorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob DuBois Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Seen several go off on unload and show clear always with injury and sometimes damaging the pistol. Smooth is cool when ejecting a round by hand, just a few seconds can save pain and suffering. Thanks for the post, hope your feeling better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4string Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Had a high primer go off during a practice session with my open gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dohboy Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Up to this point I have always cupped my chamber to catch the round as I unload and show clear. I will NEVER do that again after reading this forum, and I will advise the same to anyone else I ever see do it. I never in a million years of my anal retentive over cautious practices would have thought about this happening. I have never seen it, but it is engrained in my brain now. Thank you very much for sharing this post. Damn. I'm going inspect my ejector/primer relationship as soon as I get home tonight. What an eye opener! +1! I still do that and should know better. This thread is just another example of why not to do it. Thanks for sharing and glad it wasn't too serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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