Chinese ammo
pedant
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: EXTREME southwest CT
I want to know why there are no bullets in the bottom of the cylinder..
I used to load some VERY hot silhouette ammo for my 629DX.
Loose/flattened primers after two reloadings.
I've never seen even a split cylinder from all the wheelgun guys I used to hang out with.
Edit: alandeon beat me to it.
I used to load some VERY hot silhouette ammo for my 629DX.
Loose/flattened primers after two reloadings.
I've never seen even a split cylinder from all the wheelgun guys I used to hang out with.
Edit: alandeon beat me to it.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Clearwater Fl.
Three rounds in the cylinder isn't that big of a deal. If he was using reloads, he could have bought an odd quantity. Some reloads come in a box, and some come in plastic bags, depending on who you buy them from. If he bought a package of 50 rounds, and it's a 6 shot cylinder, he will have 2 rounds left over, if he loaded all 6 cylinders each time he loaded the gun. So there really could be a good explanation as to why 3 rounds were in the gun.
Now, here is what I find strange about this case. Why is there a live round on each side of the one that was being fired. Usually the live rounds are on the right. Unless he wasn't paying attention when he pushed the cylinder in. Something seems strange here for sure. I don't know why someone would want to ruin a nice gun like that on purpose. But, I guess there's all kinds out there.
Now, here is what I find strange about this case. Why is there a live round on each side of the one that was being fired. Usually the live rounds are on the right. Unless he wasn't paying attention when he pushed the cylinder in. Something seems strange here for sure. I don't know why someone would want to ruin a nice gun like that on purpose. But, I guess there's all kinds out there.
Post Fiend
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: McKenzie River
I agree, theres something not right here.......why only 3 rounds?
Someone looking for a lawsuit filed on their behalf, against a ammo manufacturer?
China builds a lot of crap, but none of the Chicomm ammo I have ever had has ever given a problem........just dirty.
Someone looking for a lawsuit filed on their behalf, against a ammo manufacturer?
China builds a lot of crap, but none of the Chicomm ammo I have ever had has ever given a problem........just dirty.
Junior User
Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Hamilton, Ontario Canada
no live round under the hammer was just a safety rule they decided to impliment. maybe they had someone drop a gun and had it land on the hammer, causing a bullet to fire in an undesireable direction?
They also implemented the 5 round rule for Semi-auto. They wanted it to be a "Target" range and felt that if you really wanted to practice precision shooting, you should be checking your accuracy after each 5 shots. They didn't want any un-aimed "rapid fire" while on thier range.
Handgun range was for target only. We had PPC competition but that was still an accuracy thing along with a time thing.
The rifle range was mainly for target and sighting in for hunters at the beginning of hunting season. Although we did have Military rifle cometitions, it was again not for speed but for accuracy. 5 round max on the rifle range also.
Junior User
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From: Hamilton, Ontario Canada
6 rounds is allowed for the PPC course but for "target" shooting on the pistol range (i.e. non competition target shooting days) the rule is 5 rounds. They don't do IPSC there which would require several fully loaded magazines.
If your just ker-plunking, 5 shots per round would allow 10 rounds per box of ammo which is fine for a day of shooting.
Just a note. We didn't always follow the rules to the letter. When we were in charge of the line on a quite day, without management on our a**, of course we adapted the rules to meet the thrill of a nice semi-auto quick fire.
If your just ker-plunking, 5 shots per round would allow 10 rounds per box of ammo which is fine for a day of shooting.
Just a note. We didn't always follow the rules to the letter. When we were in charge of the line on a quite day, without management on our a**, of course we adapted the rules to meet the thrill of a nice semi-auto quick fire.
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Post Fiend
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Texas
I'm sure they've seen it by now. Those pics have been floating around for at least a year or more. This is the first time I've heard about it being the fault of the Chinese, but I like it. Since we can't really tell what happened from the pics, we might as well blame it on the Chinese. 
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