Today while sighting in my night vision on my SKS I had a lil oops. Hard to explain and no pictures will really help.
Leading up the "oops"
Had purchased some ammo and didnt pay attention since theres a limit had to purchase one box one day and the other box the next day...but I ended up with 2 different grain boxes.
The "oops"...Put first magazine in and fired 5 or 6 shots flawlessly. My buddy wanted to shoot and fired 3 or 4 shots flawlessly. After he was done he laid the rifle on its side almost upside down before I could get to it (ill get to this in a moment). I then fired 1 shot and then on the second POOF!!! I cant say that it didnt sound like it actually fired but it definately didnt fire correctly but when it went POOF it literally ejected smoke (probaly gun powder) out the ejection port and the slide cover. I ejected the round manually and examine the breech and reloaded again. Pulled trigger but nothing but click. Ejected the round and there was a mark on the primer where the pin had struck and indented. I ejected and pulled again...the same thing.
I figured I had a bad box of ammo and loaded with the other ammo which is when I noticed that they were 2 different grains...not gonna say this is the problem cause both fired. But after loaded the next box I had a couple misfires and then it fed and fired flawlessly the rest of the second box and the rest of the first box.
My thoughts: 1. I may have lubricated the slide area too much and when my buddy laid the rifle down it gummed up with lubricant. 2. The initial POOF i had gummed up the area with powder which soon cleared up 3. None of the above because i took the slide out and cleaned it and the firing up nicely and purchased another box of 7.62 at the range and it missed fired once again.
Your thoughts: ???
Leading up the "oops"
Had purchased some ammo and didnt pay attention since theres a limit had to purchase one box one day and the other box the next day...but I ended up with 2 different grain boxes.
The "oops"...Put first magazine in and fired 5 or 6 shots flawlessly. My buddy wanted to shoot and fired 3 or 4 shots flawlessly. After he was done he laid the rifle on its side almost upside down before I could get to it (ill get to this in a moment). I then fired 1 shot and then on the second POOF!!! I cant say that it didnt sound like it actually fired but it definately didnt fire correctly but when it went POOF it literally ejected smoke (probaly gun powder) out the ejection port and the slide cover. I ejected the round manually and examine the breech and reloaded again. Pulled trigger but nothing but click. Ejected the round and there was a mark on the primer where the pin had struck and indented. I ejected and pulled again...the same thing.
I figured I had a bad box of ammo and loaded with the other ammo which is when I noticed that they were 2 different grains...not gonna say this is the problem cause both fired. But after loaded the next box I had a couple misfires and then it fed and fired flawlessly the rest of the second box and the rest of the first box.
My thoughts: 1. I may have lubricated the slide area too much and when my buddy laid the rifle down it gummed up with lubricant. 2. The initial POOF i had gummed up the area with powder which soon cleared up 3. None of the above because i took the slide out and cleaned it and the firing up nicely and purchased another box of 7.62 at the range and it missed fired once again.
Your thoughts: ???
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