RE: Hangfire: The delayed reaction

There's another condition that in a way is worse than a Hang Fire, that's when the primer goes off and you have a low-grade explosion in the chamber but it's not enough to clear the barrel with the bullet. I had that happen in a 6.5 mm Swedish once, if you don't notice; you can load Another Round And Fire it with the barrel obstructed! And this is really bad....

So you always need to be aware when you pull the trigger, because you can feel a low-level detonation like that. I actually had somebody else shooting the rifle and I had to stop them from loading another round! When you got friends at the range or newbies that you're training, I always tell him about that low-grade explosion. If they have any questions I tell him to come to me; then I watch him like a hawk!

Guns can be dangerous, but if used properly that can also be a lot of fun. I had a visitor here in Tulsa the flew in from Sweden. Being Swedish, he had never fired a gun; so I started him out on the Swedish Mauser. He loved it, and when he looked at the rifle he said; "I can read this"! Same rifle that had suffered the low grade detonation....

This type of detonation is usually bad ammunition.

:-)