r/canadaguns May 03 '26

Shooting Hot 22?

Was shooting my Marlin 795 when something sketchy happened my guess is a little to much powder in that one. Shooting Aguila have shot lots of them never had this happen.

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u/lettelsnek May 03 '26

almost looks like it went off slightly out of battery

maybe due to all that carbon buildup preventing the case from seating?

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u/MHarrisrocks May 03 '26

this is almost certainly what has happened . probably a good thing it was only a 22 . whoever taught this fellow its ok to run it that dirty did him a disservice . yikes .

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u/PhantomNomad al May 03 '26

You think that's bad, you should see my 44 black powder after two cylinders. I don't know how they could shoot it reliably back in the 1870's after a couple of goes. I guess that's why Jose Wales carried 12 of them.

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u/MHarrisrocks May 03 '26

I can believe it , Ive seen my Glock get pretty gross after 50 rounds of 'light' loaded handloads - which I made to spec (CFEpistol) pow just didn't want to burn - I switched to titegroup and never had that issue again.
This guys chamber looks like it had mud pumped into it. He says it was clean when they started - I know im never buying aguila ammo thats for sure .

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u/Domovie1 May 04 '26

Others can jump in, but I’ve had the wildest variety with Aguila.

75% is so bad every second round jams, sticks or is a dud even in forgiving guns.

Then I’ll get the occasional box that might as well be that nice Eley.