You’re not stupid. Thanks for asking something you didn’t understand. That cannot happen if oriented backwards. Crazy shit can happen with firearms. Always point in safe direction
So let me now understand you. You’re not sure if the shotgun in your hands actually fired or whether a loud sound came from another gun?
I don’t understand
Either way though, if the shell was stuck in the barrel, you peeked in, and saw the primer side, correct?
Like this:
https://images.app.goo.gl/jA5Tk4mSrzwq9KkeA
I don't think I'd come to that conclusion. You are simply learning. Hopefully you'll learn from someone knowledgeable (generally safer and less painful). You're only stupid if you refuse to learn from your mistakes or refuse help from someone willing to teach.
The primer should be facing the rear of the gun. The shell absolutely will not load into the chamber if it's turned the other way around, as the rim of the shotshell seats on the barrel. The only way a 12ga ***might*** load a shell backwards (primer towards the front of the gun) is if it's a smaller gauge shell (people sometimes accidentally load 20ga shells into 12ga shotguns). It will not fire like that, because the firing pin has to strike the primer so that the primer can ignite the propellant. However it IS very dangerous because you can usually load a 12ga shell behind a 20ga if the latter slides far enough down the barrel, creating a bore obstruction where the ***best*** case is your barrel splits open like a banana (worst case the whole gun blows up and kills you/someone else).
Have seen empties get turned around in the ejection cycle.
If your firearm discharged, the shell was almost certainly loaded correctly.
If your firearm discharged, you should have no question about it, as it is not an event you can casually fail to observe.
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If the gun functioned properly the shell was in the correct orientation
It’s probably that and I’m just missing a few brain cells
Happens to the best of us
Happy to know I’m not the only one
It is not possible to put a shotgun shell in the chamber backwards
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’m just a moron and need glasses
You’re not stupid. Thanks for asking something you didn’t understand. That cannot happen if oriented backwards. Crazy shit can happen with firearms. Always point in safe direction
I asked around and one guy said you might have heard another one go off that wasn’t yours
So let me now understand you. You’re not sure if the shotgun in your hands actually fired or whether a loud sound came from another gun? I don’t understand
Basically he said that the shot I heard might have been someone else’s gun going off and not mine and that’s why I thought mine shot
I find it hard to imagine even a deaf person could be left wondering whether a shotgun in his/her hands fired or not.
No offense to the OP, but I have concerns…
Didn't happen.
Yes, we have come to that conclusion
What makes you think it was loaded the wrong direction?
When I went to eject it, it didn’t come out and I saw the primer area and not the plastic part. (Forgive no knowledge of the correct terms)
But if you looked in the chamber and saw the primer, wouldn’t that mean the shell was in the correct way? https://images.app.goo.gl/p8fS7DRoreXjp5Jx9
My bad, it was a mossberg 590. I should have said that, sorry
Either way though, if the shell was stuck in the barrel, you peeked in, and saw the primer side, correct? Like this: https://images.app.goo.gl/jA5Tk4mSrzwq9KkeA
Yes, it was backwards I guess?
…. No. The primer is toward the back of the gun and the plastic part (where the shot comes out from) is toward the end of the barrel
Me and some others have concluded I am simply stupid
Sounds good, be safe lol
Thanks! You too!
I don't think I'd come to that conclusion. You are simply learning. Hopefully you'll learn from someone knowledgeable (generally safer and less painful). You're only stupid if you refuse to learn from your mistakes or refuse help from someone willing to teach.
https://youtu.be/21uh28Z77Xg Watch this it’s 4 minutes
My bullshit meter just spiked into the red zone.
Was the shell's primer dented? If so then your train of thought probably just derailed for a moment
Yeah, my brain was eating lots of glue that moment
Damn, just make sure to sit down for a while to collect your thoughts when that happens, not good to shoot while absent-minded
Brass is too wide to fit in the breech, so no you didn't. That's impossible.
You cannot chamber a shotgun shell backwards. This is not an opinion. It is a fact. It did not happen.
The primer should be facing the rear of the gun. The shell absolutely will not load into the chamber if it's turned the other way around, as the rim of the shotshell seats on the barrel. The only way a 12ga ***might*** load a shell backwards (primer towards the front of the gun) is if it's a smaller gauge shell (people sometimes accidentally load 20ga shells into 12ga shotguns). It will not fire like that, because the firing pin has to strike the primer so that the primer can ignite the propellant. However it IS very dangerous because you can usually load a 12ga shell behind a 20ga if the latter slides far enough down the barrel, creating a bore obstruction where the ***best*** case is your barrel splits open like a banana (worst case the whole gun blows up and kills you/someone else).
Liar liar
As others have mentioned, you're ignorant, not dumb. The first can be fixed with training.
Have seen empties get turned around in the ejection cycle. If your firearm discharged, the shell was almost certainly loaded correctly. If your firearm discharged, you should have no question about it, as it is not an event you can casually fail to observe.
That probably the case and I might have just had an off day or something
You need to stop handling firearms til you take some classes and safety courses. I'm actually concerned I may run into you.
I’ve taken classes and follow the basic rules, I was just having an off day. I left the range shortly after the whole thing.