spacemanspiff
Senior Member
i was at the range saturday, and i was shooting my kimber tle, 230 gr winchester fmj, out of a mccormack magazine, and twice it did something really weird.
the last round (8th) fired and the empty case ejected straight up and landed on the bench. i picked up the brass and it appears to have been pinched, one side has a large indention on the neck, the other side has a smaller indention.
the first time it happened, i thought it was a fluke. the second time got me puzzled.
i asked a couple other people at the range if they'd ever seen brass eject out like that and no one had. (i thought i could scan the brass here at my office, but it came out really crappy, so i'll get my friend to lend me his digital camera tonight.
i know this will be a tough question to answer, seeing how right now i dont have a pic up of it, but under what circumstances would brass be ejected with the neck pinched?
when i got home i did a thorough cleaning, and thanks to the suggestion of another shooter at the range, pulled the extractor out. very dirty and gunked up, but otherwise looked okay.
i never use the mccormack magazines for carry, just range use. part of me wants to believe it is somehow related to the magazine, but i'm still a newbie. anyone have any ideas?
the last round (8th) fired and the empty case ejected straight up and landed on the bench. i picked up the brass and it appears to have been pinched, one side has a large indention on the neck, the other side has a smaller indention.
the first time it happened, i thought it was a fluke. the second time got me puzzled.
i asked a couple other people at the range if they'd ever seen brass eject out like that and no one had. (i thought i could scan the brass here at my office, but it came out really crappy, so i'll get my friend to lend me his digital camera tonight.
i know this will be a tough question to answer, seeing how right now i dont have a pic up of it, but under what circumstances would brass be ejected with the neck pinched?
when i got home i did a thorough cleaning, and thanks to the suggestion of another shooter at the range, pulled the extractor out. very dirty and gunked up, but otherwise looked okay.
i never use the mccormack magazines for carry, just range use. part of me wants to believe it is somehow related to the magazine, but i'm still a newbie. anyone have any ideas?