Kory Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Shooting a steel match yesterday, I heard a click instead of a bang on one stage. Thought I had a weak primer hit, I was wrong. I found a snapcap loaded in the middle of the magazine. That's what I get for loading mags without looking. Never done that one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Now THAT is funny! Sorry, Kory... but it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 I am constantly preaching (ask Steve) to shooters to put their reloaded ammo into boxes...after case gauging it. The more you handle the ammo, the more likely you are to find somthing that isn't right...before it gets into the gun. You can check for high/up-side-down primers and such too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kory Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 Now THAT is funny! Sorry, Kory... but it is. I'm just glad I didn't find out till after I was done with that stage. I laughed so hard when I figured out what I did, knowing while still shooting would have been worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide45 Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Oh yes.... I'll start doing that, after I start case gauging... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerwas Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Just out of curiosity, how did your snap cap find its way in the middle of the magazine? Did you top off a magazine while at a shoot? HMMMM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kory Posted February 1, 2005 Author Share Posted February 1, 2005 There's often one in the chamber, especially if I have been doing any dry fire practice recently. Before holstering at match, I rack slide to check chamber, and when it falls out I drop it into the range bag and forget about it. I usually load ammo from boxes, but if there are loose rounds left over from last time, I'll grab those and use them up. So it all came together when I was grabbing a handfull of loose ammo, loading mags without looking because I was too busy chatting it up with another shooter to pay attention to something as unimportant as mag loading, and hiding in the mix was the aforementioned dummy round, being loaded by a dummy shooter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmshtr Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 At least your dummy round was in the magazine. I accidently left one in the chamber before starting a match about 3 hours away. Stage 1, "Load and make ready," and a red dummy round flies out. UUHHGGGG! I couldn't believe the RO didn't DQ me. He just stood there, with a bumfounded look on his face. I'm like...."what now?" I guess it was pretty funny from any other point of view. Lesson learned, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipscron2000 Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Hey gmshtr, I had an RO class with Troy McManus last weekend. He commented on such a topic. He stated that if a snap cap is in the chamber at "load and make ready" that is NOT a DQ. I think it should be because think of when that snap cap was in the gun. If it was in the gun from the night befoe then when did you put your gun on at the match. At the car? 10.5.1 Match DQ. At the safe area? 10.5.12 2.4.2. Match DQ. I think the only way you couldn't be DQ'd is if you unbagged in front of the RO at the line. Does this sound plausable? Ron At least your dummy round was in the magazine. I accidently left one in the chamber before starting a match about 3 hours away. Stage 1, "Load and make ready," and a red dummy round flies out. UUHHGGGG! I couldn't believe the RO didn't DQ me. He just stood there, with a bumfounded look on his face. I'm like...."what now?" I guess it was pretty funny from any other point of view. Lesson learned, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Many snap caps are not dummy rounds. They are clear or transluscent and one can see at a glance they have neither a case nor propellant nor a projectile. A dummy round would be a real case with a bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 The rule reads: "Handling live or dummy rounds (including practice or training rounds, snap caps and empty cases)...in the safety area" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Oops, they updated it, didn't they? Weak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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