What Causes Brass Being Ejected At Your Head?

Everytime this has happened I've been able to correct it with an improved grip. It could also be cause by weak powered loads, worhn extractor or a weak recoil spring. I would first check the grip before anything.

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"Get yourself a Lorcin and lose that nickel plated sissy pistol."
 
Depends what your gun is? I always wear my hat when shooting my Desert Eagle (and have others do the same when shooting it). It throws the brass everywhere. Mostly back at my head.
 
Depending on the pistol, you might want to have a competent pistolsmith tune the extractor tension.

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Son
1911 Addiction
"The tree of liberty will grow only when watered by the blood of tyrants."
 
Normally it's the angle/shape of the extractor. That can be changed fairly easily by a gunsmith.

In some cases, it's caused by having a magnetic personality and shooting steel-cased ammo. :)

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Beware the man with the S&W .357 Mag.
Chances are he knows how to use it.
 
A. Your head is in the way
B. You said something to upset your gun.
C. Your gun has an ejector problem.
D. Your gun has an extractor problem.
E. All or any combination of the above.

If this is with a revolver, you have a big problem.

Sam............runnin

[This message has been edited by C.R.Sam (edited September 27, 2000).]
 
Maybe you are too tall for the gun you are using. Try either a shorter gun or crouch while shooting.
On the other hand if you are shooting a revolver you need to seriously address your method of ejecting empties. :D

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Gunslinger

I was promised a Shortycicle and I want a Shortycicle!
 
Are you shooting indoors or out? I have never had problems shooting outdoors. Indoors, I've found that a head shot is usually a ricochet off the shooting bench side wall. Moving up or back a half-step will usually change the impact of the empty, sending it out on the range or down your neighbor's neck. Either way, you're good!!

Added advice to Gen-X shooters (you baby-boomers already know this): for a hat to help in this situation, you have to wear it with the cap in front. Hope this helps.

[This message has been edited by sigmund (edited September 28, 2000).]
 
How often does it happen? My Colt 1911 did it once. And only once. It seems my grip was a little too wimpy and caused the case to fly backwards. If your gun is doing it all the time, have somebody else shoot it. If it still happens, go to a smith. If it doesn't happen, tighten your grip.
 
Mike10538:
Some pistols are more prone to this. My 1911 compact does this and I asked the folks at Wilson Combat to adjust the extractor when they install some tritium sites. They said they can tune the extractor and improve it but that compact and subcompact 1911 pistols can still tend to do this.
All the best,
Bill Daniel

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Prosecute criminals to the fullest extent of the law and their weapons will become harmless.
 
My Kel-Tec throws brass EVERYWHERE ! A ball cap ain't enough. You need protection both for down the front of the shirt and also down the back collar. Another good reason to wear my coyboy hat. :cool:


Seriously, it does depend on the gun. The P-11 is a pain to pick up after. So's my P-32, must be pistol size related. I will find brass over a 300 degree arc and past ten feet out. A Ruger P-85 is very consistant. Put a big trash can where it ejects the brass and the can will catch most of the brass.
 
In a 1911 type, this can be due to the angle on the ejector. Changing that angle (I can't really tell you how in words) can correct your problem. A wrong ejector angle can also cause ejected brass to strike the edge of the ejection port.

Jim
 
This problem is caused by a genetic defect which causes you to become a "brass magnet."

Donating the offending pistol to a fellow TFL'r is the surest way to cure this problem.
 
Mike: Ditto on having a gunsmith adjust your extractor/ejector. I once owned a Colt Combat Commander that placed the brass from every round fired right between my eyebrows. Needless to say, accuracy suffered. The group on my forehead was always tighter than the one on the target. Sold it.
 
Even at the indoor range, I wear a hat. I also keep my shirt buttoned all the way to my neck. I adopted this little strategy one day when, at the indoor range, the lady who was practicing with her .40 calber Glock beside me ejected an empty over the partition and down the front of my shirt. I did the fire dance!! If anybody tells you an empty isn't hot enough to burn you, don't believe them! I ran back and forth until I could get my shirt untucked. Eveybody laughed. So did I. But not until later. I guess it did look pretty funny. :)

Will
 
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