I wonder if an out of battery discharge is more likely with a .22 conversion kit then a dedicated .22 pistol?
I have nothing solid to base that on, it's just a thought.
Glad you are OK.
Waaaay back when, when I took my NRA Basic Pistol class as a student, the instructor stressed the importance of safety gear in a kinda weird way.
"Always wear safety glasses, " he said, "We had two pistols BLOW UP in the class we ran last weekend and neither shooter was hurt because they both had on their safety glasses."
He never explained how or why two pistols blew up, much less in the same class, although I have my suspicians as to the reason...
I suspect an obd is more likely in a conversion kit... considering I have put better than 100,000 rounds through other .22's and this is the first obd I have had in less than 1000 rounds, the evidence is not reassuring. The round has to travel a longer distance in a package area designed for a larger caliber-- it will never be as robust as the firearms designed for a specific caliber. Of course, I normally shoot better ammo, too, such as CCI standard velocity, or Green Tag or Federal. But, these conversion kits do not like the waxed lead bullets or even copper washed Winchester Super X. The manufacturer themselves recommend Remington Golden Bullets, and they seemed to have worked without issue until now. I am going to scrub the pistol really well tomorrow and triple check the chamber to make sure there isn't a wax/lead build up at the leade, but I don't think I have shot it enough to worry about that yet-- and I am fanatical about keeping them clean anyway. forestmaster's conversion kit didn't have any issues while she shot beside me. Yeah, I am
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I have nothing solid to base that on, it's just a thought.
Glad you are OK.
Waaaay back when, when I took my NRA Basic Pistol class as a student, the instructor stressed the importance of safety gear in a kinda weird way.
"Always wear safety glasses, " he said, "We had two pistols BLOW UP in the class we ran last weekend and neither shooter was hurt because they both had on their safety glasses."
He never explained how or why two pistols blew up, much less in the same class, although I have my suspicians as to the reason...
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Exactly. I can't think of any other reason *two* guns would blow up in the same NRA class.
It was a Basic Pistol class, so I figure the instructors supplied the guns and the ammo, and someone made or bought some bad reloads.
I tried to get more info but, not surprisingly, they really didn't want to talk much about it...
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