The Dreaded Click noise

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lockrotor

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Went out with my hunting buddy last night. First set was a blank. The second set was better. Set up on the west side of a big field that I have hunting many times over the years. Wind was out of the West light breeze with slight freezing mist. Started the calling series and on sound #2 had a coyote coming in from the north heading south to get down wind of the sound. It stops and keep looking to the east toward the woods. I don't see anything in the wood edge line. It start moving south again and stops. Then start going east, I bark and it stops, it's broad side now. Tell my buddy to shot or its going to be gone. His rifle fires and what seems like a long time we hear the Thop. Coyote is down. We both thought it seemed like a long time to hear the thop. Maybe be because of the high humidity in the air. 245yd (Onx)

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The next set was at the same field that I got one early this week. Set up 300 yds to the west of that stand. I'am facing west and my hunting buddy is facing SE. Wind is from the west. Start the calling sequence and have some coyote howling, but nothing real close by. On the last sound I see 1 coyote heading our way. Tell my buddy one coming and from were. He finds it, and is on it. Then I see a second coming too. The lead coyote is about 100 yds ahead of the second one. It doesn't know we are there in the tree line. I grow at it, it stops at 75 yds broadside. Then you hear it, CLICK. My buddy says something and tries to charged his AR as quietly and fast as possible. He says it is jammed. I swing my gun and the coyote now moving back to where it came. I start barking and get it to stop at about 200 yds. Fire and Thop. Coyotes takes off towards the wood/swamp grass. Not running as it should. Went to grab my flashlight, and it is now missing. I will try to go follow it tracks today. My hunting buddy is quite man at himself for his gun not firing at a standing broadside coyote at 75 yds. Maybe even a double, who knows. As he said going from a high, shooting one at 245yds, to a low of, gun not discharging at a close range coyote. He likes his AR, but he was mad.

Again, thanks for taking the time to read my post.
 
I like hunting with my ar10 but i have heard that same dreaded click sound a few times with some other words following shortly after the CLICK sound,, being suppressed gotta clean them often if not
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Bolt all the way here too. Hope you find it.
I have heard that click a few times with my Savage 11. It seems if the bolt handle gets raised up 'just a tad' it will sound like the firing pin drops. The first time it happened I worked the action and of course the coyote left. Primer wasn't struck so the next day I dicked around till I found the problem and remedy, just needed to raise then lower the handle and let drive. Coyotes died on subsequent occurrences.
 
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Been there and done that with an AR. Apparently the round didn’t go into battery somehow, and then that dreaded click. I managed to eject the round and chamber another. The coyote heard the chambering but it was too late. I managed to get off a shot snd dropped him. Hope you find your flashlight.
 
AR’s don’t perform well when trying to be quiet and close the bolt. I charge mine either at the house before I leave or get to the gate of the property. It gets unloaded at the house. I’ve found that “clicks” don’t kill anything.
 
my partner runs a bolt action and is very quiet. i have my AR and charge it before leaving the house. travel with it unloaded as required by law. when charging at the parking spot i gently walk the charging handle back and forward, its a lot quieter and better than slamming the bolt home but i do have to use the forward assist to ensure full closure.

yes, the handle is lubed and gun is clean, its the freaking sub zero temps :)
 
popper43 said:
None of my ARs have forward assist. I did find that leaving the mag one short helped in first rnd loading.
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If no forward assist you can usually push bolt into battery with your thumb in the slight indent cut for the tab on ejection port cover on right side of bolt carrier.
 
Spurchaser said:
AR’s don’t perform well when trying to be quiet and close the bolt. I charge mine either at the house before I leave or get to the gate of the property. It gets unloaded at the house. I’ve found that “clicks” don’t kill anything.
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That will get ya arrested in PA ,WVA, MD, and Illinois:). I can carry a loaded handgun in my vehicle in PA but not a long gun-which one can I shoot at someone with quicker but that is the law.
 
You could pull your rear pin back, tilt your lower,pull the bolt back, drop the round in,lower bolt down, slap the bolt down with your palm,close, push pin in. It sounds like a lot but it is pretty quick and quite. The lower won't close if out of battery.
Or you could load one at home in the chamber, separate the upper, reassemble in the field. That's legal every where. The GUN is the lower and if separated without a magazine in it your good to go. I would not argue this point in the field but tell them my position and ask for a supervisor, I bet when they get off the phone you'll walk. In court I KNOW you'll win.
 
Colorado, as well. Not wanting to unload and reload my Hawken every day, I figured out a "workaround" when hunting black powder season, which was never tested, thankfully. I swaged a 32ACP case out just enough to slip snugly over the percussion nipple, thereby making it impossible for hammer to reach the cap. Hoping that if ever checked I might be able to claim that I assumed the reasoning for the law prohibiting "carrying a loaded firearm in or on a motor vehicle" was a safety issue and even though I was not in compliance with the letter of the law, it was perfectly safe. I know, it was a long shot and thankfully it was never put to the test, but didn't make sense to have to reload rifle in the dark, perhaps in a snowstorm, after riding four wheeler out to hunting area and was also an added layer of protection to be sure cap remained dry.
 
jmeddy said:
That will get ya arrested in PA ,WVA, MD, and Illinois:). I can carry a loaded handgun in my vehicle in PA but not a long gun-which one can I shoot at someone with quicker but that is the law.
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are you ready for this ?

here in PA we can not have a loaded long gun in the vehicle. that means no loaded AR under the seat

BUT

we can have a fully loaded AR style pistol under the seat as long as we have a CC permit. yep... its true, its because its a "pistol"....i checked with the PSP and they confirmed it.
 
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