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Long time back, when I had more hair than teeth, I used to shoot pistol. I had an old Drulov 22 and another friend had a Star semi auto.
The Drulov was better than me, but the Star would occasionally go full auto and clear the clip with no warning. Didn't matter what ammo, how warm it was or who shot it.
It was cleaned, checked over etc.
But still, once in a while....
Made life interesting. sign01

I had an AYA 3" magnum double discharge on me, and have seen more than one shotgun discharge on closing - usually down to stuck firing pin I expect, and too much oil and gunk..

My missus is also apt to go off without warning, definitely "I didn't know it were loaded"

I had a Sabatti .22 that would occasionally give me a 3 or 4 round burst, and then it slam fired on the range, no harm done but I got rid of it soon after that

dave_303 wrote:I had a Sabatti .22 that would occasionally give me a 3 or 4 round burst, and then it slam fired on the range, no harm done but I got rid of it soon after that

Is it just me, or is something like that just far too much fun to get rid of......?!! :lol: :lol:

I hear you on that Sim if it were just the odd burst I would still have it now but there were more issues than just that, feeding became a major issue and it was just falling apart, the previous own (my grandad) had not treated it kindly as it was his bunny basher,

The Slam firing also became a regular occurrence and after having a rather unfriendly time with the manufacture who was unwilling to send replacement parts we got rid of it, donating some parts to another sabatti owner to get his up and running.

I've just been reminded of being at a range when a 1911 in .45 decided to go full auto .. The muzzle was pointed at the sky by the time the clip was empty .. God only knows where those rounds ended up !!

Spas 12, release bold and BANG..and NO fingers on trigger...seems they were renowned for that wee quirk.

Not quite the same thing...

In my brief sojourn as a cadet instructor I read somewhere that when Heckler und Koch first got hold of the SA80 for evaluation purposes, they discovered that if you cocked the L85A1 and then dropped it, it would fire.

Being in a position to test this with an elderly and knackered L98A1 cadet rifle, I picked one up, loaded it with a drill round, checked it was cocked and then dropped it from about head height.

The hammer stayed to the rear but the foresight flew off on contact with the ground, having sheared its retaining screw!

Thankfully I managed to blame the breakage on the old age of the rifle...

My shotgun went through a phase of double discharging when it got hot, touch wood since I took the action apart and filed square edges back onto the sears and barrel selectors it has behaved.

When I had an SGC Speedmaster, it slam-fired once when I released the charging handle, which was a bit unnerving (thank <insert deity> for the 70 mil rule as I was on an MOD rifle range). I can only assume that some crud had got into the bolt and kept the firing pin protruding. I took it apart and couldn’t find a problem and it never did it again.

I also bought a second hand SGC Mini-master and the previous owner had done some severe sear ‘polishing’ and that would fire in bursts of 2-3 rounds, every other magazine. That went away for a sear replacement very soon after it was discovered! After a few more magazines, just to make sure …

I read somewhere that when Heckler und Koch first got hold of the SA80 for evaluation purposes, they didn't get a lot done for the first week as they were busy laughing so hard.