Interesting video on chain fires

[keepcalmandcarryon]

Some may consider this sacrilege for not greasing the front of the chambers so “trigger warning“. get it trigger warning, cuz it’s about guns….

 

[Windini]

I had a chain fire in my 1851 brasser .36 back in 1985. Too bad there was no YouTube!

It IS disconcerting, to say the least. But it didn't hurt me or the gun; both of us are still around.

 

[Stogies]

I had a chain fire in my 1851 brasser .36 back in 1985. Too bad there was no YouTube!

It IS disconcerting, to say the least. But it didn't hurt me or the gun; both of us are still around.

Help me out here, how can it not be dangerous?

 

[Dave951]

Help me out here, how can it not be dangerous?

So long as your hands are behind the front plane of the cylinder, it's just a underwear destroying event. Even with a modern revolver, you don't want your hands anywhere near the front of the cylinder.

 

[Stogies]

So long as your hands are behind the front plane of the cylinder, it's just a underwear destroying event. Even with a modern revolver, you don't want your hands anywhere near the front of the cylinder.

So the projectiles just all buzz off in the general direction the gun was pointed?

 

[Windini]

Help me out here, how can it not be dangerous?

How did you extract that from my post?

It was disconcerting.

I was not harmed.

The pistol was not damaged.

The muzzle was pointed in a safe direction.

No other humans were present.

Where did I state there was no danger?

 

[Dave951]

So the projectiles just all buzz off in the general direction the gun was pointed?

Generally, yes. BUT, as with any firearm, discharge when not initiated by the user is not a good thing and while most times a chain fire won't damage anything besides your underwear, it's possible for damage to happen to the gun.