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Offline Texgun

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« on: October 13, 2003, 07:01:20 PM »
I have heard the term "stove pipe " used to describe a semi auto jam What does this mean?
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« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2003, 07:07:45 PM »
It means the ejecting case extracted but did not eject, and the case is standing on the magazine looking up, and the slide/bolt can't close to feed a new round.  Actually, even a loaded round in the port sideways is a stovepipe.
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2003, 03:34:37 AM »
Thanks Flint.
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
-- Walter Bagehot