Metallifan33
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Hi All,
First of all, I want to say I'm a noob (so be nice
After 36 years of my life, I finally did what I've been wanting to do for a long time and purchased a handgun (Ruger SR22). I've always wanted to go target shooting with a handgun. Anyway, after reading and watching a lot of YouTube videos and reading the manual, I set out to the range for the first time yesterday.
Everything went well until I reached the 98th round. I pulled the trigger and nothing happened (I thought that I hadn't released the previous pull to the point it reset, so I pulled the trigger again... Like I know now, this was a big mistake). The gun fired but vibrated violently (good thing it's only a .22). Smoke and a flash came out of every crevice in the gun. I pulled the slide open and saw this...
An empty shell casing (no back) in the chamber. A new very damaged round (looked like it was aborted) was halfway fed.
I stopped firing the gun, unloaded it and told the range helper guy what happened. He took a look at the gun, looked in the barrel and said it was clear and that it was ok. I didn't realize till I got home that there was an empty shell casing still in the chamber. I pulled the casing out with a tweezer and cleaned the barrel out. Everything seems normal except for a couple of nicks in the slide.
Do you think I need to take it to gunsmith, or would you try and fire it again?
Thanks!
First of all, I want to say I'm a noob (so be nice
After 36 years of my life, I finally did what I've been wanting to do for a long time and purchased a handgun (Ruger SR22). I've always wanted to go target shooting with a handgun. Anyway, after reading and watching a lot of YouTube videos and reading the manual, I set out to the range for the first time yesterday.
Everything went well until I reached the 98th round. I pulled the trigger and nothing happened (I thought that I hadn't released the previous pull to the point it reset, so I pulled the trigger again... Like I know now, this was a big mistake). The gun fired but vibrated violently (good thing it's only a .22). Smoke and a flash came out of every crevice in the gun. I pulled the slide open and saw this...
An empty shell casing (no back) in the chamber. A new very damaged round (looked like it was aborted) was halfway fed.
I stopped firing the gun, unloaded it and told the range helper guy what happened. He took a look at the gun, looked in the barrel and said it was clear and that it was ok. I didn't realize till I got home that there was an empty shell casing still in the chamber. I pulled the casing out with a tweezer and cleaned the barrel out. Everything seems normal except for a couple of nicks in the slide.
Do you think I need to take it to gunsmith, or would you try and fire it again?
Thanks!