Glock slide stuck with live round

"the real PITA is when this happens in an AR, i gotta gouge the ejection port with a flathead screwdriver."

skizzums, learn how to "pogo" an AR. Take a firm hold on the charging handle and slam the butt of the rifle onto the ground. If you have a collapsible stock, collapse it all the way before doing this and, of course, watch your muzzle.

It ain't no big deal as it isn't any big deal to clear a stuck round in an auto-pistol. For a pistol, take a firm overhand grip on the slide and smack the the back of the grip with your other palm. Smack it like you mean it. A stuck round generally isn't a problem and certainly is no reason to get one's panties in a bunch. Nothing's going to blow up.

Man up.
 
when you remove a primer you can see through the case; there is a hole left where the primer was seated in the primer pocket. In the first pic you can see this is not the case

So my first post was correct...

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When a primer goes off by itself... It sounds like a firecracker. It's decently loud and you will know when it happens if you have no hearing protection. The case will muffle it a bit, but even when the round is chambered and you're in hearing protection you can hear the pop.

If it didn't have a flash hole in the case, what happened is that the primer ignited when you pulled the trigger. The force of that couldn't go anywhere and caused some deformation that pinned the case in the breach... Or something similar to that anyway.
 
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I suspected the absence of a flash hole, and the pictures prove it. That is not a very common occurrence and modern loading machinery has a sensor specifically to stop the process if the flash hole is not present, but either the equipment used at that factory did not have that protection, or it failed somehow.

Anyway, here is my take on what happened. The round chambered normally. Either the case was oversize, or the lacquer on the case caused the round to stick in the chamber. Had the round been fired, it would have extracted and ejected normally because of its internal pressure.

But the case had no flash hole. The primer fired, but the gas generated in the primer pocket could not escape. Instead, it expanded the primer cup to seal off the primer pocket. There was not enough pressure to move the slide, so the slide remained closed, supporting the primer.

So that case was sitting there, the primer pocket like an inflated balloon, while the OP drove home to try and deal with the problem. When he got the slide to move, that took away the support for the primer, and the remaining pressure in the primer pocket caused the primer to fly out with an audible pop.

It was that pop that the OP heard, not the primer firing, which had taken place earlier at the range.

Jim
 
I second the "pop" theory. A pistol primer is fairly loud all by itself when detonated. Enough to wish for hearing protection indoors.

Are you going to tell the ammo manufacturer?
 
I doubt the manufacturer cares much. The Russians want hard currency and the decision to sell their products in the U.S. was political, not commercial.

Jim
 
Well, mystery solved. I appreciate all of the responses.
Salmoneye may have nailed it down first but JamesK explained it best.:D

I never heard a primer go off before so when I heard the "pop" and smelled the powder, I assumed that was when the primer ignited.:o
Learned something today...;)
 
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