5.56 Cartridge Failure - Page 3

skot · July 6th, 2009, 10:44 PM

That's interesting that in similar instances the back half of the casing was never found either. We looked all over for it and never found it. Maybe because of what happened it flew on a different trajectory and landed in a completely different location than where we would have expected.

A1C Lickey · July 7th, 2009, 04:44 AM

Skot that's probably what happened. I also know in my case I was firing prone from a hillside inside the pit and I had just inadvertently slid down about ten feet so my brass was literally everywhere. (Cleaning up that day was a pain, but the practice was worth it.)

July 7th, 2009, 04:44 AM	#22
A1C Lickey Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Luke AFB, AZ Posts: 837	Skot that's probably what happened. I also know in my case I was firing prone from a hillside inside the pit and I had just inadvertently slid down about ten feet so my brass was literally everywhere. (Cleaning up that day was a pain, but the practice was worth it.) __________________ SSgt. Lickey It takes a college degree to break'em; and a high school education to fix'em!

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July 6th, 2009, 10:44 PM	#21
skot Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 147	That's interesting that in similar instances the back half of the casing was never found either. We looked all over for it and never found it. Maybe because of what happened it flew on a different trajectory and landed in a completely different location than where we would have expected.