Hammer Bounce

[eddiememphis]

I was shooting .357s today and filming the fireballs on my phone. In the picture below, it looks like the hammer is half-cocked. Is this due to recoil? That's the only thing I can think of.

They weren't especially spicy rounds. 15gr of H110. The recoil wasn't bad at all but the picture has my interest.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-6jB9H6w/0/faf3313a/M/i-6jB9H6w-M.jpg

The gun is used Colt Trooper made in 1974. Of the 25 rounds I shot, one failed to fire. It looked like a light hammer strike and popped off the second time. I also shot 50 .38s and had no problems.

I wasn't using slow motion on the camera and only filmed one cylinder. Now I'm going to have to try it again.

[MarkCO]

Interesting. Since cell phones are not really great at speed and don't have a shutter, I am going to guess it is just rolling shutter. I get it on my Canon when I am shooting high speed stuff with with at the highest rates.

https://smartphones.gadgethacks.com/how-to/everything-you-should-know-about-rolling-shutter-your-phones-camera-0196244/

[eddiememphis]

That link helps explain things. When I look at the video frame by frame, it looks like the gun fires before the hammer falls.

[SideShow Bob]

Even though unintended, cool effects on the guitar strings. (In the link….)

[MarkCO]

Here is a typical rolling shutter image. From Girl's Golf last week...

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[Singlestack]

Here is a typical rolling shutter image. From Girl's Golf last week...

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Thats not true at all. She is just hitting a woke driver. Sheesh!