Posted: 10/20/2008 5:24:46 PM EDT
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I have a stock Stag Model 2t brand new (less than 200 rounds). I was bump firing the other day....shooting very fast....., and it would fail to fully load about one in every 10 rounds. There was no primer strike, the gun was simply not pushing the round fully into the chamber, and I would have to hit the forward assist to make it load. I was using cheap Academy Barnaul lacquer 55gr FMJ (blue box), and the gun is well lubricated/cleaned. The gun has never had this problem when I shoot this ammo at a slower rate of fire. Is the gun not broken it yet? Is my problem cheap ammo? Thoughts?? |
Correct. When you bump fire, you can cause the energy from the recoil to be absorbed by your arm, hand, wrist, belly. Everything BUT the spring is absorbing the recoil energy. Similar to this: When shooting a 55 Gallon steel drum with a 22LR, the round easily punches through the steel. If you tried to 'push' the round through, by hand, the barrel would move instead. It is about the inertia needed to allow the spring to compress, instead of your shoulder moving. Holding it to your side destroys the intertia coefficient needed to cycle the action fully. Effectively, this reduces the amount of spring tension/compression that is needed to rechamber the next round. bump firing is bad, mmm-kay? I have wasted waaaaaaay too many rounds doing it. It's fun. It's addicting, but it is bad, mm-kay? TRG |
What about bump firing underwater? |
| Yesterday I was bumping a home built AK and I got a BAD jam in which the bolt jumped off the rail at the rear of the stroke. Is this a harbinger of bad things to come? It only happened one time in 100 rounds and the gun fired fine when I was not bumping the rest of the day.SS |
 Homebuilt reciever? What do your upper rails look like? |
Please tell me my sarcasm meter is working here? I've only bump fired a couple rifles a few times and never had a problem, with either an AR or AK. I would not judge the firearm on how it does or doesn't do during a bump fire. No rifle was meant to be fired that way. |
Perfectly safe. I recommend it. TRG |