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kannoneer
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Anyone ever had a chain-fire in a revolver? A chain-fire is two or more chambers going off together. It is not unheard of in cap and ball revolvers but I have a .22 that has done it on several occasions. I have polished the recoil shield face and I think the malady may be cured. It seemed fairly smooth to start with but SOMETHING was touching off the rim-fires. There was never any harm done to the gun (a 922 H&R) but it does make one flinch a bit. Nobody I have talked to around here has ever heard of such a thing, nor had I until it happened.
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Are both rounds being struck by the firing pin??
Have you check the distances between all the chambers in the cylinder???
May be a weak spring reacting to the recoil of the first round.
Also, seems to me that there should have been some damage. Please elaborate a bit more.
Also, seems to me that there should have been some damage. Please elaborate a bit more.
The reason there often isn't damage, or at least not much, is because pressures are so low. The chambers to either side of the barrel are likely completely unobstructed, so the bullet travels less than an inch and exits. No long barrel to burn powder and build up pressure, just a short chamber. It would have lower pressure and velocity than even the shortest snubby.
It does seem weird to happen in a cartridge gun though...
Pressure has to go somewhere, though. In my case, it was a semi-auto. Seems to me, that a revolver, at best, would be giving a face full of gas, and the lead still has to go somewhere.