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Was going out to my favorite spot to hunt some Nutria last night (flash light style 😁). Loaded my Wildcat with JTS 45.06gr pellets. Going 880 fps. Locked and loaded, safety on. Walked out back to my field and strapped on the gun, boom! WC went off, wtf :mad:? Never done that one before. I've put about 1500 rounds and never seen this one. I think the pellet went down and out into the field. No nutria tonight, tried a few spots but they were all hiding.

So I wake up and head to the store in my Explorer to get some goceries. Low tire pressure tire warning light came on. Odd, I've had problems with the valve seats leaking in the past and replaced all 4 a year ago. Tires are about 3 year old, about 30k miles on the Toyo Proxies ST II. Oh well, fill with some air off I go. After I get out of the store, I get another low tire warning. Tire looked good, so headed home. Pulled the wheel off looking for that nail or whatever is stuck in the treads. Noticed a small peirce in the sidewall. Then I noticed something was rattling around inside the tire. How in the hell did that happen? I haven't drove in a few days. Oh no :unsure:.

My car is in one of those carports with the tarp style walls and roof with the metal poles. They work good, last one I had lasted about 3 years before it succumbed to the snow, rain, sun and high winds. Did I shoot my tire last night, no freaking way? Go out to the carport, sure enough. A hole in the side of the tarp, right where I walked by when the WC went off and about where the tire was at the time. Damn. $193 damage, tire arrives Thursday. Can't fix sidewall repairs. Tire flexes and is thinner in that area. Not going to chance a blowout on the Freeway going 75 mph. Get er done and do it right.

Pellet went right into the tire. No ricochet, nothing bouncing off, clean through at 77 fpe at a fully inflated 32 psi tire. So went online and found Ernest explaining details about trigger adjustments. Sure enough, the safety screw was just far enough away from the trigger bar it would fire on safety. Got that fixed. Yep, this was my day. How was yours?
 
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Was going out to my favorite spot to hunt some Nutria last night (flash light style 😁). Loaded my Wildcat with JTS 45.06gr pellets. Going 880 fps. Locked and loaded, safety on. Walked out back to my field and strapped on the gun, boom! WC went off, wtf :mad:? Never done that one before. I've put about 1500 rounds and never seen this one. I think the pellet went down and out into the field. No nutria tonight, tried a few spots but they were all hiding.

So I wake up and head to the store in my Explorer to get some goceries. Low tire pressure tire warning light came on. Odd, I've had problems with the valve seats leaking in the past and replaced all 4 a year ago. Tires are about 3 year old, about 30k miles on the Toyo Proxies ST II. Oh well, fill with some air off I go. After I get out of the store, I get another low tire warning. Tire looked good, so headed home. Pulled the wheel off looking for that nail or whatever is stuck in the treads. Noticed a small peirce in the sidewall. Then I noticed something was rattling around inside the tire. How in the hell did that happen? I haven't drove in a few days. Oh no :unsure:.

My car is in one of those carports with the tarp style walls and roof with the metal poles. They work good, last one I had lasted about 3 years before it succumbed to the snow, rain, sun and high winds. Did I shoot my tire last night, no freaking way? Go out to the carport, sure enough. A hole in the side of the tarp, right where I walked by when the WC went off and about where the tire was at the time. Damn. $193 damage, tire arrives Thursday. Can't fix sidewall repairs. Tire flexes and is thinner in that area. Not going to chance a blowout on the Freeway going 75 mph. Get er done and do it right.

Pellet went right into the tire. No ricochet, nothing bouncing off, clean through at 77 fpe at a fully inflated 32 psi tire. So went online and found Ernest explaining details about trigger adjustments. Sure enough, the safety screw was just far enough away from the trigger bar it would fire on safety. Got that fixed. Yep, this was my day. How was yours?
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so that is not a miss fire it is accidental discharge, AD for short
as i have worked on trigger i can sometimes make the safety nonfunctional because the trigger doesn't move far enough to be stopped by the safety if it is an interference, blocking style safety
so, the lesson here is when you get the trigger adjusted to your liking, test the safety and if it doesn't work be aware of that fact or change your adjustments
that could have your calf or foot and not the tire and of course it would not of needed a low tire warning light the blood would have been the dead give away
it is a warning to all thanks for posting

mike in Washington
 
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marflow 777 said:
so that is not a miss fire it is accidental discharge, AD for short
as i have worked on trigger i can sometimes make the safety nonfunctional because the trigger doesn't move far enough to be stopped by the safety if it is an interference, blocking style safety
so, the lesson here is when you get the trigger adjusted to your liking, test the safety and if it doesn't work be aware of that fact or change your adjustments
that could have your calf or foot and not the tire and of course it would not of needed a low tire warning light the blood would have been the dead give away
it is a warning to all thanks for posting

mike in Washington
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OH come on Mike, like you've been perfect all your life. Dudes come on, don't need Einsteins commenting cause and effect. We get it, we all do. Accidents happen.
 
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Lastcat said:
Thank you Einstein #2
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There really ZERO excuse for your snarky attitude and insults. Not once but twice.

Marflow was spot on with his response and its VERY important to use proper terminology. It was an accidental discharge as he explained why.

I'm really shaking my head at your needless comments and snarkyness. You are showing your ignorance and lack of character with them.
 
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maxtrouble said:
Glad it was only a tire, you got off cheap. Never put a round in the chamber until you are ready to pull the trigger.
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Thats the one thing I noticed and disliked about the magazines ive seen so far. (Im very much a newbie ) Ive mostly been looking at brk and daystate but also shot an S510 and avenge x. In order to load a mag, you have to load a round into the chamber. then theres no way to decock it then recock it without double loading.

It would be nice to be able to insert a mag without loading a round. Then when ready load a round into the chamber.
 
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I can offer a couple of alternatives. The Taipan Veteran has a perfect anti-doubleload feature. You can decock with the mag in place and a pellet in the chamber, and then recock when ready to shoot, repeatable without limit. The mag will not advance until the pellet is shot.
Also, the Weihrauch HW100, with a slight workaround. Decock and chamber a pellet without sliding the mag actuator up. Then you can cock again without advancing the mag. When the shot is taken, just activate the advance, or do it manually, very easy. These are not spring loaded mags, which makes them easier to manage.
 
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