I just experienced something that just blew my mind.
I was going to go shooting this evening and I picked up one of my guns to put in the case. When I lowered the muzzle down to put into the bag, I heard something metallic moving around.
I thought maybe it was an allen wrench in the grip or something and I shake the gun again.
Nope. The sound isn't coming from the grip.
It's coming from the silencer.
First thing I think, "oh Lord, I've had a baffle strike".
I take the bolt out, separate the upper and lower.
Start taking the silencer endcap off, start removing baffles and spacers one at a time, and when I get to the place that it was, I was astounded at what I saw.
An empty 9mm brass case half way down the silencer.
Wow.
After a minute thinking about it, the only explanation I could come up with how it could've gotten down in there, was when I pick up empty brass, I usually throw them in the bag with the gun until I get home.
After this evening, I can assure you that is not going to happen again. I'll bring another bag to throw the empty brass in.
Thankfully, it was noticed before loading it and pulling the trigger. That would not have ended well at all.
I'm sharing this story to maybe stop that from happening to someone else, even with as much of a fluke as it was.
Don't throw your bullets down in the bag with the gun/suppressor
I was going to go shooting this evening and I picked up one of my guns to put in the case. When I lowered the muzzle down to put into the bag, I heard something metallic moving around.
I thought maybe it was an allen wrench in the grip or something and I shake the gun again.
Nope. The sound isn't coming from the grip.
It's coming from the silencer.
First thing I think, "oh Lord, I've had a baffle strike".
I take the bolt out, separate the upper and lower.
Start taking the silencer endcap off, start removing baffles and spacers one at a time, and when I get to the place that it was, I was astounded at what I saw.
An empty 9mm brass case half way down the silencer.
Wow.
After a minute thinking about it, the only explanation I could come up with how it could've gotten down in there, was when I pick up empty brass, I usually throw them in the bag with the gun until I get home.
After this evening, I can assure you that is not going to happen again. I'll bring another bag to throw the empty brass in.
Thankfully, it was noticed before loading it and pulling the trigger. That would not have ended well at all.
I'm sharing this story to maybe stop that from happening to someone else, even with as much of a fluke as it was.
Don't throw your bullets down in the bag with the gun/suppressor