>Have a 22 that failed to fire
>Eject it, pick it up, and load it back into gun
>Friend says I'm stupid and should just walk away from it cus it could go off at any time
This true? Should I be more careful? Cus these fucking piles of shit fail to go off far too often, should got something center fire.
Rimfire primers can hangfire. Should prob just throw them on the ground next to other shooters
Are hang fires possible? Yes.
Are hang fires common? No.
Is a $0.05 round worth rolling the dice on losing a fingertip? No.
No point in 22 when 380 exists
no point in 380 when 9mm exists
There is a purpose for it for pocket carry with 10+ rounds. Won't find that with 9mm. 22 is just completely useless
what 380 pocket carry pistol has 10+ rds?
LCP Max. Comes stock with 10 round mag or you can get a 12 round mag and adds maybe a quarter inch of length. Either way dissapears in your pocket
.380 is good for weaker people who couldn’t handle the recoil from a 9mm, my gf carries a 380 after trying a 9mm subcompact that had too much recoil and the gun was too heavy for her to easily carry around all the time
.380 recoil in a pocket pistol has way more whip to it than a 9mm subcompact.
no point in 9mm when .40 exists
No point in .40 when 10mm exists
No point in 10mm when 9mm exists.
No point in 10mm when .45 ACP exists.
>.380
>diabetes tester
Like poetry.
Are you being stupid on purpose?
it's a crypto wallet you old greybush
time for your pills bitch
like thats any better lmfao
>crypto wallet
>.380
Hahahahahaha!
Not just any 380. The smallest size to biggest round capacity ratio in the pocket gun arena, the GOATed Ruger LCP Max
.22lr is basically harmless if its not in a barrel when it goes off
Your friend is a retard. I do the same shit you do and the biggest problem I've ever had is that the round is truly a dud
hangfires can happen. I'd say just wait a few seconds to be sure, but you don't need to be massively paranoid about it
Pistol club I used to attend (yuro) had a box full of misfired .22 you could try to shoot for free, iirc most of them fired as long as the pin hit far away enough from the first mark
Rimfire just fundamentally can fail to fire more often, what makes it so fucking cheap is that the primer is just squirted in there, and the rim gap is so narrow sometimes there are voids. Happen to slap one of those and there physically just isn't primer in that spot and it won't go off. Like, sure, give it 15 seconds if you want, but no there is nothing wrong with just sticking it back in there and trying again. Usually it'll work second time around hitting it somewhere else. Advantage is that it's so fucking cheap.
>centerfire
On a personal defense gun or serious hunting? Of course. But you can get an entire round of 22lr for less than a lot of centerfire PRIMERS. The cost advantage for plinking fun and small varmint blasting is massive.
during manufacturing they spin the case after putting the priming compound paste in, it's supposed to press the compound into the rim evenly all around, but yeah it does get voids occasionally and occasionally they line up with the firing pin and the misfire happens. Just like the other posters say, just try it again with the firing pin in a different spot and it will probably work. If not, what I do is bend the bullet out of the case with my bear hands, toss the bullet and gently set the case down sideways on a rock or something, spilling just a bit of powder outside the case mouth and then I light it with a lighter, you get a fun little fizzy flame and then a POP and the case goes flying 30 feet or so.
damn i used fuck around with blanks like this why the fuck didn't I think about this too kek
>bearposting
The standard procedure is that if the gun fails to fire after you pull the trigger you keep it pointed downrange for several seconds in case it's a hangfire.
>Should I be more careful?
You're not under time pressure so only making it more dangerous by opening it up before waiting a little bit. If you're planning on using rimfire to protect your life just get a more expensive load that runs well in your gun. .22 defensive ammo will be more reliable than any cheapo pocket pistol if you make sure it runs well in it.
>.22lr costs .08 cpr
if I dropped a dime I wouldn't bend to pick it up.
Can't you recock without ejecting? They usually shoot on the second strike
If you get a lot of failures to fire have your firing pin checked or buy less cheap ammo
whenever you're unsure about the status of a .22 cartridge the approved method of disposal is to just chuck that fucker into the campfire.
As long as you chew on it you'll be fine
says I'm stupid and should just walk away from it cus it could go off at any time
FUDD lore from the blackpowder days.