A few years ago, I sent my shotgun in to have choke tubes installed, and I borrowed a friend's SKS to have in the house until my shotgun came back. He eventually moved away without taking the rifle back, and I lost track of him (yes, I did try to find him. I don't like the SKS to well.)
Not too long ago I got curious and took the gun out back to fire 10 of the 20 rounds I had borrowed. I fired the first round, paused for one or two seconds, and then the shell dropped straight down at my feet. Having no semi-auto/brass cartridge experience, I didn't think much of it, except "That's interesting", and I fired the other 9 rounds.
When I picked up the shells, I noticed some of them had a vertical crack up the side. At that point I got nervous.
It isn't usual for an ejected shell to go straight up and land almost on the shooter, is it? And what about the ruptured case?
The SKS is a Norinco, and the ammo is some kind of Chinese non-corrosive soft point, with an OD green shell (I don't have the box anymore. The dogs ate it.)
-boing
Not too long ago I got curious and took the gun out back to fire 10 of the 20 rounds I had borrowed. I fired the first round, paused for one or two seconds, and then the shell dropped straight down at my feet. Having no semi-auto/brass cartridge experience, I didn't think much of it, except "That's interesting", and I fired the other 9 rounds.
When I picked up the shells, I noticed some of them had a vertical crack up the side. At that point I got nervous.
It isn't usual for an ejected shell to go straight up and land almost on the shooter, is it? And what about the ruptured case?
The SKS is a Norinco, and the ammo is some kind of Chinese non-corrosive soft point, with an OD green shell (I don't have the box anymore. The dogs ate it.)
-boing