One thing that wasn't mentioned is that a lot depends on the shooter - how he grips the gun and how uniform his grip is from shot to shot. These things are harder to master on a small gun than one that gives the hand a little room, but that can't be considered a defect of the firearm. It's the price one pays for the "micro" design. That said, if it absolutely, positively has to go bang, a Chief's Special won't take a back-seat to any of the small autos.
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One thing that wasn't mentioned is that a lot depends on the shooter - how he grips the gun and how uniform his grip is from shot to shot. These things are harder to master on a small gun than one that gives the hand a little room, but that can't be considered a defect of the firearm. It's the price one pays for the "micro" design. That said, if it absolutely, positively has to go bang, a Chief's Special won't take a back-seat to any of the small autos.
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Impossible for an unfired round to magically open the slide on it's own and pop out. The pressure of a fired round only is what makes a slide open after the trigger is pulled.
The OP must mean he fires the first round and the next one in the magazine skips out of the ejection port instead of chambering. If what I stated in the first sentence is true, your BG380 is possessed since it goes against the possible.
As far as micro pistols go, I've never had one with a problem. a blanket proper grip that can be used on every semi-auto firearm is a big plus except for maybe a curled pinky for the micros. I use a thumbs forward grip on every semi-auto and it seems to have worked out on every pistol including 7 different micro, 2 finger grip .380s.
The OP must mean he fires the first round and the next one in the magazine skips out of the ejection port instead of chambering. If what I stated in the first sentence is true, your BG380 is possessed since it goes against the possible.
As far as micro pistols go, I've never had one with a problem. a blanket proper grip that can be used on every semi-auto firearm is a big plus except for maybe a curled pinky for the micros. I use a thumbs forward grip on every semi-auto and it seems to have worked out on every pistol including 7 different micro, 2 finger grip .380s.
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Backward Cartridge?
Are you sure you did not load a cartridge into the magazine backward. The round nose might slide up across the breach face getting the outward motion started. Except I cannot imagine the lower protrusion on the slide picking up the round nose. Perhaps it could push it downward and the other end go upward…..?
I assume the chamber was empty after the cartridge landed on the deck. I assume you had to cycle the action again, to begin again.
(Or)
If you still have the offending magazine, carefully load and unload it, noting the spot where the shells rim releases. Any situation other than what I mentioned above, would seem to me to be a very early release.
In other words, if it was mine, I would be in the middle of the bed with it and another magazine loading them and thumbing cartridges out slowly onto the bed. Watching the point the shell releases.
Are you sure you did not load a cartridge into the magazine backward. The round nose might slide up across the breach face getting the outward motion started. Except I cannot imagine the lower protrusion on the slide picking up the round nose. Perhaps it could push it downward and the other end go upward…..?
I assume the chamber was empty after the cartridge landed on the deck. I assume you had to cycle the action again, to begin again.
(Or)
If you still have the offending magazine, carefully load and unload it, noting the spot where the shells rim releases. Any situation other than what I mentioned above, would seem to me to be a very early release.
In other words, if it was mine, I would be in the middle of the bed with it and another magazine loading them and thumbing cartridges out slowly onto the bed. Watching the point the shell releases.
