On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 02:40:37 GMT, Ignoramus1729
wrote:

Thanks, Rigger, Larry, Jim, and everyone else.

I have fixed the Beretta. I carefully pried a gap between the barrel

Then it had not gone into battery. Good.

Mic the cartridge at the neck and compare it to a known good round.
Give us the results.

and the slide, with two screwdrivers. It opened, I removed the round,
etc. I was careful enough to point it away from me etc.

A lesson for me, take tools to the gun range.

You dont? A range box is a necessity. Something to hold ammo,
shooting glasses and ear muffs, cleaning rod etc etc. A 50 cal can is
ok...though a 20 mm can is much bigger. There are a number of factory
made range boxes available. The MTM one is quite good.

http://www.mtmcase-gard.com/products...ng/acases.html

Mine (shooters accessory case) is nearly 20 yrs old, and though Ive
replaced the latches..it still gives me good service. It also allows
you to stack the
http://www.mtmcase-gard.com/products/shooting/gunm.html

which I STRONGLY recommend any rifle shooter owning. Organizes all
your swabs, brushes, rods, solvents and so forth in a nice neat easily
stored package that is handy as hell.

If you enjoy wood working..something like this is fun to make
http://www.cal-graf.com/rangeb.html


IRRC...Kmart and Walmart both sell a decent sized plastic range box
with compartments to hold bits and pieces. A tackle box may suit you
as well. So might a gym bag of good construction and some plastic
boxes from the 99c store.

I also use what is commonly known as a Salesmans Catalog
Case...similar to this

http://www.greenlightoffice.com/prod...?block=2017070

Particularly when shotgunning. I find them at the GoodWill and
Salvation arrmy stores fairly regularly for $5 or so. I normally go to
the range with the MTM case, and a catalog case. Tools and ammo etc go
in the MTM case, spotting scopes, 100 round ammo boxes, sandbags etc
go in the catalog case. If you find one of the catalog cases with
wheels on it..even better as you can tote both by simply putting the
MTM case on top, and pulling it out to the line or benchs.

I even have a hard sided catalog case with a complete reloading setup
that clamps to my shooting bench for load developement at the range.

Gunner


i

On 3 Oct 2005 17:25:55 -0700, rigger wrote:
Hi Iggy,

I think I've heard of this happening before and the solution was to
support the rear of the gun and, using softeners, tap downward on the
front of the slide.
The theory was this was less stress on the slide and related parts than
is caused by firing a round. I seem to remember it worked just fine.

Now it's been a while since I heard about this so take it with MANY
grains of salt, especially in the details. Good luck.

dennis
in nca


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