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Originally Posted by KGB
I had a hangfire on my sks rifle a few years ago. Loaded up 5 rounds, 3 went boom and then silence....I turned the gun on its side still holding it up on a shoulder and then -bum! It fired. That happened a few months after I got my PAL and I remembered what the guy was teaching us. So I was just holding th3 gun as usual.
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"3 went boom and then silence"
Mr. Stanley used his Tokarev TT-33 semi-auto extensively at his cow/calf operation to frighten coyotes away, and testified to experiencing many hangfires with the 1953 Czech milsurp ammo he was using.
The Tokarev is a powerful, high velocity handgun that produces a noticeable recoil and a VERY loud muzzle blast.
Does anyone here find it possibly just a little bit strange that Mr. Stanley did not notice the 3rd shot he fired into the air did not go off, indicating he still had a live round in the chamber that had hangfired?
Even an inexperienced sporadic shooter can easily distinguish between a shot being fired and a hangfire.