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Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:23 pm
by Elessar
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:26 pm
by Distracted
Who's the kitty?
And...exactly HOW OLD is this ammo? Are you sure it won't blow up in your face if you use it for target practice?
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:50 pm
by Elessar
Distracted wrote:Who's the kitty?
And...exactly HOW OLD is this ammo? Are you sure it won't blow up in your face if you use it for target practice?
The kitty is Jack
He's our younger cat. He's like 3. The older one is Sonic, he's 16:
Oh, it's 1976, says right there. Nah, it's almost perfectly safe
. I have a crate of 600 rounds of Bulgarian 1950's stuff I bought several months ago that I've fired ~100 rounds out of and it's been flawless, not even a hangfire. I did some research talking to people who use this stuff before buying it. Usually, there's a general trend to go by. Like, with .303 British, people will advise STRONGLY against buying POF Pakistani/Indian stuff because it hangfires a lot. Polish 1970's came very highly recommended by folks who are obsessed with these Mosin Nagant rifles and the 7.62x54R cartridge.
BTW: Two much cooler pictures of my cats:
(That's me watching Stargate the film for the first time in the background.... like YEARS ago)
(I added the caption, "IM IN UR BOX. PLOTTING UR DEMIZ" and sent it into LOLcats
)
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:19 pm
by Entilzha
I think he has more like "are you talking to me" look
.
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:28 pm
by evcake
Elessar wrote:[
(I added the caption, "IM IN UR BOX. PLOTTING UR DEMIZ" and sent it into LOLcats
)
Jack is adorable
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:18 am
by Elessar
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:54 am
by enterprikayak
elessar wrote:(I added the caption, "IM IN UR BOX. PLOTTING UR DEMIZ")
only i think maybe the the cat should say "I iz in ur AMMO box" cause that's way more bad-ass.
elessar wrote:Nah, it's almost perfectly safe
Just wanted to make sure we allllll read that right.
S'ok guys.
It's almost
perfectly safe.
So....
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:05 pm
by Bether6074
More guns?
Cute kitties.
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:25 pm
by Elessar
enterprikayak wrote:elessar wrote:(I added the caption, "IM IN UR BOX. PLOTTING UR DEMIZ")
only i think maybe the the cat should say "I iz in ur AMMO box" cause that's way more bad-ass.
elessar wrote:Nah, it's almost perfectly safe
Just wanted to make sure we allllll read that right.
S'ok guys.
It's almost
perfectly safe.
So....
Well I didn't wanna LIE and say PERFECTLY safe! There is always the small chance of misfires and hangfires but the biggest rule of thumb is just not to open the chamber until it goes off. A hangfire just means you pull the trigger and there's a delay of a few milliseconds before it goes off, which can be a weird feeling. Misfires are where the round doesn't go off at all. Basically, it doesn't go off. I've never had that happen.... ok LIES, I have had that happen and I didn't think about what I was doing and I removed the round without waiting, but you're supposed to wait like 45 seconds for it to go off. The thing is on MY experience, it wasn't a dead round. This isn't exactly going to inspire confidence but I had incorrectly reassembled my bolt a few range trips ago after a complete disassembly and soak of the parts in cleaning solvent. The firing pin didn't have QUITE enough protrusion to set off the round and instead of igniting the primer in the back of the bullet, it just kinda dented it. That was a frightening sight, to pull a bullet out with a big DENT in the friggin primer. I freaked out and threw it away into the dirt. Another probably bad idea. After a second one did it, I realized the bolt was FUBAR'd and took it apart and fixed it. But that's a misfire.
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:59 pm
by evcake
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:27 pm
by Navigator
Dude,
You better be working on field stripping M-16s while blindfolded and having your three best friends all yell at you simultaneously.
Your time is coming.
If well made and stored properly, ammo can last forever. I fired some WWII surplus not long ago. Just watch out for corrosive priming.
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:50 pm
by Elessar
Navigator wrote:Dude,
You better be working on field stripping M-16s while blindfolded and having your three best friends all yell at you simultaneously.
Your time is coming.
If well made and stored properly, ammo can last forever. I fired some WWII surplus not long ago. Just watch out for corrosive priming.
Yeah, I'm gonna learn it at OCS.
3 days away. I'll announce a big SO LONG before I leave.
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:03 am
by Aquarius
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:55 am
by enterprikayak
Elessar wrote:
Well I didn't wanna LIE and say PERFECTLY safe! There is always the small chance of misfires and hangfires but the biggest rule of thumb is just not to open the chamber until it goes off. A hangfire just means you pull the trigger and there's a delay of a few milliseconds before it goes off, which can be a weird feeling. Misfires are where the round doesn't go off at all. Basically, it doesn't go off. I've never had that happen.... ok LIES, I have had that happen and I didn't think about what I was doing and I removed the round without waiting, but you're supposed to wait like 45 seconds for it to go off. The thing is on MY experience, it wasn't a dead round. This isn't exactly going to inspire confidence but I had incorrectly reassembled my bolt a few range trips ago after a complete disassembly and soak of the parts in cleaning solvent. The firing pin didn't have QUITE enough protrusion to set off the round and instead of igniting the primer in the back of the bullet, it just kinda dented it. That was a frightening sight, to pull a bullet out with a big DENT in the friggin primer. I freaked out and threw it away into the dirt. Another probably bad idea. After a second one did it, I realized the bolt was FUBAR'd and took it apart and fixed it. But that's a misfire.
Y'know, I read that story, and you are right....the very first thought I had was: "How almost perfectly safe that sounds!"
Re: Ammo & Kitties
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:13 pm
by Elessar
enterprikayak wrote:Elessar wrote:
Well I didn't wanna LIE and say PERFECTLY safe! There is always the small chance of misfires and hangfires but the biggest rule of thumb is just not to open the chamber until it goes off. A hangfire just means you pull the trigger and there's a delay of a few milliseconds before it goes off, which can be a weird feeling. Misfires are where the round doesn't go off at all. Basically, it doesn't go off. I've never had that happen.... ok LIES, I have had that happen and I didn't think about what I was doing and I removed the round without waiting, but you're supposed to wait like 45 seconds for it to go off. The thing is on MY experience, it wasn't a dead round. This isn't exactly going to inspire confidence but I had incorrectly reassembled my bolt a few range trips ago after a complete disassembly and soak of the parts in cleaning solvent. The firing pin didn't have QUITE enough protrusion to set off the round and instead of igniting the primer in the back of the bullet, it just kinda dented it. That was a frightening sight, to pull a bullet out with a big DENT in the friggin primer. I freaked out and threw it away into the dirt. Another probably bad idea. After a second one did it, I realized the bolt was FUBAR'd and took it apart and fixed it. But that's a misfire.
Y'know, I read that story, and you are right....the very first thought I had was: "How almost perfectly safe that sounds!"
