I know pictures are worth a 1000 words but I didn't take one and this has been bothering me for 2 days.
On Saturday I took an AK class and everything was going great until the end. At the time I was using a Bulgarian 74 5.45x39 with wolf ammo.
On the last drill everything was going fine till I got to maybe 3rd of 4th round when I had a malfunction. I was in prone with the mag resting on the ground. The bolt in the open position. I go to run the bolt thinking the previous case may have gotten caught. Nothing....bolt stuck to rear. I the go to remove the mag, a E. German bakelite, and it won't budge. The mag release is locked up. One of the mags on me was a Polish steel mag. I use it to smack the mag release and after a few good smacks it works and dislodged the release.
One round falls out, the one that it had tried to chamber after the previous one was fired and the bolt closes but not all the way, and needs to be mortared to be opened up again. I notice the fired case is stuck in the chamber with about a quarter of it sticking out. The rim, where the extractor holds it, is torn off. I let the gun cool then inserted the cleaning rod and tried to tap out the casing using the steel mag. Didn't work. Since I had to be somewhere after this and still had an hour drive I didn't mess with the rifle, just threw it in the car and left. Yesterday I was too busy and later to pissed off to mess with it.
The ammo was wolf with the grey steel casing and I can't remember if it was from the black flat box or the military classic square camo colored box.
From what I can see the primer seems to have bulged out a little.
I've never had issues with ammo in any caliber or style. I'm guessing that that round was overpressured?!?!!?
What damage if any should I look for?
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