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1911 guys - Primer Detonation while unloading
Posted on 12/15/12 at 11:31 am
Posted on 12/15/12 at 11:31 am
Just wanted to make you guys aware incase you werent already of a potential danger when ejecting a chambered round from your 1911. Sometimes the round will hang up and the extractor will come into contact with the primer, causing it to fire. This happened to me yesterday afternoon. I was not covering the port and trying to catch the round like this video shows (otherwise Im sure I would have lost a finger) so just please be careful when unloading your weapon. Here is a youtube video that someone posted for me on another gun site to help explain what happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tSn3rh7vGJA
And here are some pics of my hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tSn3rh7vGJA
And here are some pics of my hand.
This post was edited on 12/15/12 at 11:34 am
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Posted on 12/15/12 at 11:38 am to onelochevy
I've shot more rounds through a 1911 than anyone I know personally and been around many more people just like me during competitions and have never seen that happen.
Glad you didn't get hurt too seriously. What were you doing when that happened?
Glad you didn't get hurt too seriously. What were you doing when that happened?
Posted on 12/15/12 at 11:38 am to onelochevy
Damn, and I would say that you got lucky
Posted on 12/15/12 at 11:40 am to KingRanch
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What were you doing when that happened?
Unloading it. I dropped the mag, racked the slide to remove the chambered round and BOOM.
Posted on 12/15/12 at 11:42 am to onelochevy
I've heard of it happening but have never seen it. Be careful and never try to catch a live round with your hand when clearing it.
Posted on 12/15/12 at 11:47 am to KingRanch
I wasnt trying to catch it. Like I said above, if I was covering the port with my hand trying to catch the round, I probably would have lost a finger.
Posted on 12/15/12 at 11:53 am to onelochevy
I'm confused as to how you have those injuries then? If you racked the slide to eject the chambered round correctly and presumably wearing safety glasses when shooting there would have been no injury.
Posted on 12/15/12 at 11:54 am to onelochevy
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Sometimes the round will hang up and the extractor will come into contact with the primer, causing it to fire
I'm assuming you mean the ejector?
Glad to see you just got cut up a bit and didn't lose a finger. This is bizarre. I've never seen that happen before.
Posted on 12/15/12 at 12:35 pm to onelochevy
Horrible designed weapon that should be thrown on the ash heap of history already. 
Posted on 12/15/12 at 12:36 pm to faxis
Whoa
Posted on 12/15/12 at 12:38 pm to KingRanch
i keed
This post was edited on 12/15/12 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 12/15/12 at 12:39 pm to faxis
Pump the brakes sir
Posted on 12/15/12 at 12:41 pm to faxis
Posted on 12/15/12 at 12:45 pm to onelochevy
Any damage to the gun?
Posted on 12/15/12 at 12:47 pm to faxis
Wow 
Posted on 12/15/12 at 5:51 pm to faxis
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Horrible designed weapon that should be thrown on the ash heap of history already.
And "that design is unreasonably dangerous." (quote from a resident handgun guru, albeit about a different pistol).
Posted on 12/15/12 at 6:04 pm to onelochevy
Is this a design issue with the 1911, or could it happen with all firearms? I try to catch the shells whenever I unload any weapon. Is it a safety hazard to do so?
Posted on 12/15/12 at 6:06 pm to Jim Rockford
It can potentially happen with all centerfire cartridges. Never catch a live round by placing your hand over the ejection port
Posted on 12/15/12 at 6:07 pm to KingRanch
But I don't like getting my ammo all dirty mae
Posted on 12/15/12 at 8:35 pm to bapple
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I'm assuming you mean the ejector?
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