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Range Incident at Tusco


jim c 351
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Yesterday was the monthly steel plate shoot at Tusco R/P club

One of the participants was shooting 9m/m Mac 10 with a Lage upper. He was shooting reloads.

After shooting a 70 rd drum and a stick mag a failure to fire occurred. Shooter pulled bolt back and noticed a round stuck in chamber. Bolt remained to the rear.

Gun was set on a table while shooter contemplated his next move.

A short time later there was an explosion and the shooter was hit by 2 fragments in his forearm. Skin was penetrated and a blood trail was left all the way to the club house, that a blind man could follow. NO one was touching the gun when explosion occurred.

 

What happened???

I can only think of two possibilities. A hangfire or a cook off. I think to much time passed for a hangfire.

So I tend to suspect a cook off. But even this is hard to believe considering 100 rds a 9m/m being fired.

Any opinions???

Jim C

 

Correction, I was just informed that shooter was using Blaser Brass, factory ammo, not reloads.

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Approximately 100rd fired? Does not sound like a cook off to me. Having to pull the bolt back indicated to me to be a hang fire. Not being captain hindsight or such, but might want to have the ejection port facing down next time. i assume the injured party is alright and I also assume the gun is too? Maybe fragments of the primer could shed some light.

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I was the one who bandaged the shooter and looked at the gun post incident. The upper had some damage and the case was mangled. I looked for pieces of the case or primer when cleaning up the aftermath. Nothing could be found. The gun was not hot enough to cause a cook off. Im considering it a long hang fire. Bout the only thing that comes to mind and makes any kind of sense.

 

Was there something said that wasnt calm in regards to this thread??

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John,

Yes. Bob N made an irrational rant on the subject. I responded to same and both were deleted by Roscoe.

I made a copy of this, before deleted, and will mail it to you if you would like.

 

I have a request of you. Will you start a new post and warn members about the Glock that was destroyed shooting MAXX ammo and any other guns damaged shooting this ammo.

 

If this post is deleted before you get a chance to view it, I will automatically mail the above copy to you.

Thanks

Jim C

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