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Originally Posted by Smokin Joe
From Mugwumps response it sounds like something else is up.
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Yikes. Given the scenario, I checked again. There's no way a 7.62 x 51 will fit into the 8mm chamber of an MG 34. Now I have heard of these guns being re-barrelled for .308. Is that a possibility?
I may be missing something here, but how can a properly-functioning open bolt weapon fire when the charging handle is racked? Maybe pulled back but not enough to engage the sear? Are they saying the gun was defective as well? If the round fired was truly a .308 it sounds like the gun was re-barrelled (otherwise the case would have split, no?) and the trigger was pulled. Someone casually racking the action could hold the pistol grip in the left hand while pulling on the charging handle with the right. I don't know what would happen if the trigger was depressed when the handle was released.