Stupid mistake

[cavedweller]

Aw that’s a pain indeed. When I was new to my M3 I had the same. Although double loading does almost never happen to me anymore.
Don’t know if you damaged the barrel. However, the good news is: it’s just liner. If you really damaged it it’s quite cheap to replace. So I wouldn’t think about it too much.
If you want to push out pellets, the best is to take a proper cleaning rod. I have one in carbon, that helps reduce the risk to damage the barrel.

I bought a 4 mm carbon fiber rod 30” long on Amazon. Mostly for new shooters who double feed.

 

[LongshotFan]

I beat you to "The Stupid" 2 and a half years ago!

https://www.airgunnation.com/thread...elp-clearing-pellets-stuck-in-barrel.1276035/

Oh man. I’m reading through your thread and it feels like Deja vu. I’m still reading through it. I felt like I would post this as a lesson learned. lol. Thank you so much for sharing.

 

[FelixS]

I went to the range to sight in my new M4 with Sightron 10-50. Was so excited. I started at 50 yards and slowly dialed in. My final group was 3 within 1/2 inch. I was like great. Let’s move onto 100 yards.

I fire my first shot and it’s no hole near the target. I’m confused. I load a second and nothing near the target. When I load my fourth shot it catches and I realize the pellets are stuck in the barrel. Sigh.

I get home and use some metal chopsticks to start pushing them out. The initial pellet that got stuck was a few inches from exiting but it was really stuck. I ended up needing to drill the initial pellet out before I could get the others out.

I have a few questions. Did I damage the barrel drilling it out? I don’t see any visual damage.

Second, I was shooting zan .30. Has anyone had this happen where the pellets deformed enough to stick in the barrel? Is there anything I should check before using the pellets?

Thanks for your advice.

Well, as encouragement, I did something stupid myself a couple of days ago, so you are in good company
I finished shooting my Ataman which fills to 300 bar, then went to shoot my HW44 without resetting the auto shut-off. I have done this many times before - I just watch it and manually shut it off.
Well, wife came in the garage with a glass of wine and told me about the lamb roast she was preparing, with all the details from how she picked it out to lamb roasting techniques... Then we toasted and the compressor shut off... THE COMPRESSOR SHUT OFF!!!
300 bar into the HW44. Now, it won't group. It is on its way to AOA.

 

[LongshotFan]

Well, as encouragement, I did something stupid myself a couple of days ago, so you are in good company
I finished shooting my Ataman which fills to 300 bar, then went to shoot my HW44 without resetting the auto shut-off. I have done this many times before - I just watch it and manually shut it off.
Well, wife came in the garage with a glass of wine and told me about the lamb roast she was preparing, with all the details from how she picked it out to lamb roasting techniques... Then we toasted and the compressor shut off... THE COMPRESSOR SHUT OFF!!!
300 bar into the HW44. Now, it won't group. It is on its way to AOA.

We all have moments. No judgement at all.

 

[LongshotFan]

I beat you to "The Stupid" 2 and a half years ago!

https://www.airgunnation.com/thread...elp-clearing-pellets-stuck-in-barrel.1276035/

I finally got to the range to see if the liner was ruined.

First grouping was 1 inch at 50 yards using Caldwell bags. 5 shots



Second grouping was 4 shots in 3/4 inch at 50 yards and one flyer because I twitched as I pulled the trigger.

I think I got lucky and the liner is ok.

This is basically right out of the box with no adjustments at 50 yards