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Grasseater // Grass~eat~er noun, often attributive \ˈgras-ē-tər\
A person who is incapable of independent thought; a person who is herd animal-like in behavior; one who cannot distinguish between right and wrong; a foolish person.
See also Sheep
The firing pin will hit the primer when cycling the bolt. However typically does not hot with enough force to ingnite the primer. Look at the rounds you "cycled" and see if you can see the small indent on the primers.....
ETC (SW/AW), USN (1998-2008)
CVN-65, USS Enterprise
It's your BCG. Or maybe all that caked on carbon fouling... good god man... clean your rifle...
Last edited by Shao; 01-18-13 at 18:04.
Yeah the bolt not closing on empty only happened when I really eased it closed and pushing the charging handle forward until it latches let's the bolt closed. After all the cycling I've been doing I can't get it to do that anymore. I didn't think it was really an issue but I wanted to give a full report. Has anyone experienced a discharge when cycling the action? Thanks for the help everyone, even though I may have just wasted a lot of your time.
Sounds like it corrected itself. The above suggestion of cleaning?
I'd take a look at the gas tube and carrier key to make sure it's not tweaked and causing the binding [past tense].
As for firing when cambering, not that I know of, but it is a possibility if the ammo has soft primers. Double your chances with a dirty weapon if the firing pin gets bound in the forward position by carbon chunks or other grit. Why repeatedly take the risk?
Kind of a general rule to not mix live ammo and weapon tinkering at home at the same time. I reload, so I have all the dummy rounds I want for this kind of thing.
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Grasseater // Grass~eat~er noun, often attributive \ˈgras-ē-tər\
A person who is incapable of independent thought; a person who is herd animal-like in behavior; one who cannot distinguish between right and wrong; a foolish person.
See also Sheep
If you look at how the bolt works, it is impossible for it to be stuck in the forward position. The bolt actively pulls the firing pin back when the bolt unlocks. Repeated chambering of rounds can also damage the internals of the primer, from the firing pin hitting it, causing a dud round.
Kind of a miss statement. The bolt moves away from the firing pin when it unlocks. Still slight potential for the pin to be wedged against the firing pin retainer or in the carrier. In actuality it will just damage the primer rather than firing the round, but weird shit does happen.
Sticks
Grasseater // Grass~eat~er noun, often attributive \ˈgras-ē-tər\
A person who is incapable of independent thought; a person who is herd animal-like in behavior; one who cannot distinguish between right and wrong; a foolish person.
See also Sheep
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