I am sure that most have heard of this. When a round will supposedly cook off on it's own just from being exposed to extreme heat in the chamber of a gun that has been fired in a sustained, rapid fashion. Mostly you hear about this happening in accounts of military actions where fully automatic weapons are being used. But I am just wondering if this could happen with contemporary semiautomatic rifles using modern ammunition?
Has anybody ever actually had a round cook off in the chamber.
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I am sure that most have heard of this. When a round will supposedly cook off on it's own just from being exposed to extreme heat in the chamber of a gun that has been fired in a sustained, rapid fashion. Mostly you hear about this happening in accounts of military actions where fully automatic weapons are being used. But I am just wondering if this could happen with contemporary semiautomatic rifles using modern ammunition?
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If it was going to happen in the civilian world then you think it would happen during one of the record setting events like 1000 rounds in under so many minutes. Has never happened to me. Now hang fires have happened.
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A civilian in a non firefight situation would really have to load em quickly to heat up a gun to do that in. Seen it happen in an M60 as well as a Russian belt fed. But nothing 99% of the world owns.
It does happen in weapons running full auto which is why most of them are designed to fire from an open bolt. But I remember seeing a guy run 1000 rounds through a 1911 just as fast as he could load and fire from a table full of magazines. The gun got so hot he could barely hold on to it - but none of the rounds cook off.
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I'm more worried about getting stabbed by a narwhal.
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Once upon a time, several lance corporals were left unattended by any NCO's on a hot range one summer day and try as they might, including running several belts together...... no "cook offs" occurred. With no gunner around and even the R/O taking a break somewhere they tried and tried to see if they could break something. They did the Rambo with a sixty, they ran belt after belt. They were left uncontrollably laughing until the mean old NCO's returned. Now the weapons cleaning party that happened after the NCO's returned is the stuff of legends. But that is another story......
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Interestingly enough, I know of some Army corporals who did the same thing. No film though, so it can't be proven that it ever occurred!
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Lance Corporals will do amazing things when left alone.
Semper Fi!
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A 90mm HEAT Round allegedly cooked off in a tank next to mine at Fort Irwin. Hmmm, that was 50 years ago. Have had a gun very hot without an issue.
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Have seen a .50 cal cook off in the brass catcher bag during a mounted gunnery table. Needless to say the bag was destroyed and maybe a pair of undies.
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Did ya cook one off in your shorts when that happened?
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Damn!
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