Ever have something fall out of a firearm and not know what it was and where it went?

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rickyrick

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I was thinking today as I changed after work and did a chamber check; I was thinking about this time when my beretta wasn't very old....

I swear something metallic fell out and hit the floor...
I remember a faint glimpse of something in motion as well. Heard the sound of a small screw or ball bearing...

I searched the floor and came up with nothing... Examined the pistol as thoroughly as I could... Never figured it out.

My guess is maybe a small stone, or even a part from my work... But I'll always still wonder....

I've made many range trips with this pistol and carry it everyday... But still, I wonder lol
 
I know what they are; just can't find them !!!

Ever have something fall out of a firearm and not know what it was and where it went?
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Well, most of the time I know what it was and wonder where it went, in my shop. I sweep the areas and even use a magnet and still can't find it. I swear that there a little demon under my bench that is just waiting for something to fall. Then there is the usual spring and followers that jumps across the room and I wait in silence to determine where it will hit. No matter as I can't find them either. ...... :mad:

Who said that life was fair??
Be Safe !!!
 
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Was at a match with my M&P 15-22 and let the bolt down slowly against a chamber flag. Barely saw a flake of something fall out of the chamber area-figured it was a clump of 22 crud. Sometimes the stars line up for a person.Later when I happened to look on my borrowed shooting mat I saw a curious piece of curved metal. Picked up the small thing and what was it but the extractor from my rifle that the flag had bumped out! Lesson learned.
 
The only thing I can think of in a "never figured it out" situation, was an FEG Hi-Power owned by a friend.

For the last 6-8 months that he owned the pistol, he would occasionally get little chunks of steel, resembling pieces that break off from bad castings, when he cycled the action.
The pistol was detail stripped several times, and inspected many more. He never did figure out where that metal was coming from.

...So he sold it.
 
I always know what it was. But, where it went - has taken me hours even days some times, to figure that out. So far I haven't lost any part permanently - even tiny springs. Boy, I hate tiny springs!!!
 
Or, where it may have originally come from.

Bought a well-used and refinished Winchester 1906 online. First trip to the range, it locked up after about three shots. I tried gently/gingerly to work the action a few times and a small (approx. 1/2" x 3/4") piece of blued steel fell out. The '06 worked perfectly after that. I compared the UFO (unidentified foreign object) to the '06 schematic and it didn't look like anything on the page. Sent a pic to the previous owner and he was equally baffled.

The '06 still runs great and very accurate, as well.

W.
 
Yes, when replacing the factory trigger of my Remington 7000 with a Timmey. I had this small bent flat spring suddenly hit the floor as I was driving the slave pins out of the housing.

Quit laughing you Remington owners!:o

I called Timmey customer service & I think they're still giggling.
 
Well I'm pretty sure that it wasnt part of the gun. I checked it and rechecked it over and again....

I worked with small parts during the time of the incedent and evidence supports the scenario might have been an object foreign to the firearm...

I've inspected and fired the gun a lot for a couple of years since...
.... But still.... I wonder...
 
No, but some of my customers have. I get to figure it out.
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The guy who owned a shotgun before I did must have.
The ejector was missing.
And it seemed like it had more parts to it than the entire rest of the gun.
And cost almost as much as the rest of the gun.
Or would have, if anyone actually had one to sell.
Some of those design engineers sure do get carried away with themselves.
Had to home make one.
 
Oh yaH!!!

Sure have and what really is bad is when you can't find what fell out and the gun still functions.

Was working on an old Tanfoglio 380 for a buddy that needed a hammer spring made. Can't get them anymore.
Made a spring and had the gun back together and was function testing it.
On the 5th time of racking the slide a small piece of something flew out the the gun.
I heard it hit the bench and never saw it again.
I took the gun apart and found noting missing or out of place.
Took it to the range and put 2 mags downs it.
Too this day I have no idea.
Gave the gun back to the owner and he shot it a few times and traded it off.
 
Used Marlin 336, which means no book. Took me 15 minutes to locate it on my wooden floors and 30 to figure out what it was, then another 15 to figure out installation.

So yeah, maybe sometimes you need instructions (don't tell my wife I said that)
 
You know, the best ones are the ones where the gun comes in, it has been disassembled by somebody (most times the owner says it's someone else), and the parts are in a bag.
They always swear every part is present.
Most times that is not the case.
Recently, however, there was one where not only were all parts present, but there was parts from a cleaning set, and parts from no less than 3 other guns, all supposed to be the parts of the supplied gun.
 
And, I don't care what anybody says, no one has taken apart or looked inside every gun ever made. Neither is there an exploded parts diagram, or youtube video of every gun ever made.
Some exploded parts diagrams show parts, but not very well how they mate relative to each other.
So, sometimes, you just have to "use the force", so to speak.
 
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