![]() From the muzzle end to 20 cm back a section of barrel had a big splinter missing and a soft point bullet lodged, with the tip slightly expanded. One day I noticed a rifle in his "to be worked on pile". The owner tolerated me as he probably figured I would be a good future customer. At the same time I was in the gun club I would also visit a gun shop/smith and basically be a pest slobbering over rifles I could not legally buy on my own. But those cannon rounds had integral explosive so it still didn't resolve the question for small arms inert lead jacketed bullets hitting a blockage. Towards the end of the war boys were enlisted as FLAK helfer (helpers). My father said he witnessed FLAK cannons split open because of bad ammunition, perhaps sabotaged ammo as it was made by slave labour. At the time I also wondered if barrels would split open like a cartoon depiction. At the gun club I received the required safety course which did emphasize keeping mud out of the muzzle and checking for barrel obstruction, because "your barrel could blow up". ![]() They did however relent and allow me to go hunting with my friends and also join a gun club. They were dismayed at my interest and tried to discourage me. My parents, who experienced WWII Germany during their pre-teen years, didn't want any firearms in the house. ![]() When I was a young lad, I was something of a gun nut.
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