Today I was cleaning up the Glock30 45ACP, after running various cast bullet loads, what I found was interesting!
While shooting, I had one round that didn't quite go into battery and after I smacked the rear of the slide it chambered and fired. Well during the cleaning of the barrel, I used a magnifying glass to inspect the chamber. What I found was a shaving of alloy that rolled up tight against the end of chamber cut. I have talked about this on the forums as being something to watch out for when using cast bullets. This was a first for me getting bullet material stuck there. Using bronze brushes, did not remove it. I use a small triangle file and carefully pushed it around and off its purchase at the very top of the chamber. I suspect that the bullet's nose rubbed off as it chambered, got jammed tight against the chamber cut as I fired even more rounds.
I bought this one used, so I did a detail cleaning to include the striker channel, the extractor and spring channel, plunger all of which had some carbon build up inside.
Anyway, this is yet another reason why we should carefully inspect things after a range sessions.
Thats a good catch. I think most including myself would have missed it on the first go around until attempting to drop a round in the barrel and finding it still did not go all the way in.
I've seen this many times. I always use a scribe to clear the chamber of any residue during cleaning, and sometimes during a firing session if there's a chambering issue.
I learned about keeping a scribe in my bag when testing paper patch rounds in my M1 Garand.
First one chambered, but not all the way. On extraction, it left a paper collar in the chamber, that refused to come out with the tools in my range bag.
Waste of a 90 minute drive. ???
Quote from: sqlbullet on June 12 2013 10:14:13 AM MDT
I learned about keeping a scribe in my bag when testing paper patch rounds in my M1 Garand.
First one chambered, but not all the way. On extraction, it left a paper collar in the chamber, that refused to come out with the tools in my range bag.
Waste of a 90 minute drive. ???
Exactly why I carry my full cleaning box as my range box, when you get where you are going to do some shooting you can't afford not to be able fix issues on the spot. I also keep wooden dowels just in case of a squib.
When shooting the muzzle loaders I have another box that I also take along with several special items and tools. It includes a heavy duty ram rod/range rod. That way I don't have to take a chance of breaking the wooden ram rod of my Kentucky Rifle.
I had a cleaning kit...But no pick to pull out a circle of paper that had adhered itself to the chamber walls.
I finally gave up on paper patching for my guns. Wild accuracy issues in 300 win mag, chamber issues with the Garands. I might try it again with the Mosin Nagants at some point.