Mishap at range today and pics

[Bobitis]

Remmington .22s are used in my single shots only.

[Jimdo]

Wow... I have never seen (or heard of) anything like that happening before.

[Big ugly]

Well, very glad to see you wernt hurt in any way. Other than the stovepipes and missfires I am glad to say that my Mk has never done that to me.

[johnlives4christ]

i expect as toohsotkil has stated, the round in question fired out of battery, then the bolt picked up the next round and tried to run it home. i would also like to mention that it is possible that you had a little dirt or debree in your firing pin channel, keeping the pin from being retracted. in this case the gun may have been in battery, but the round would have went off when the pin hit it. check the round to see if there is a pin mark on it for this, since the gun functioned after this without a problem i would expect it was just faulty ammo, and not a weapons problem. glad you were not injured

[Suwannee Tim]

I have seen this malfunction before. You could not pay me to go on a range without eye protection.

[Mosin_Nagant_Fan]

Could be a poorly made case, probably to much soft metal in the brass case. Another thing could be to much powder in the ammo. (1-2 grains can mean the difference in a caliber that small)

Glade you're OK.

[north tex]

Wish I'd have found this thread sooner. I had a recent simular problem with a Ruger MkII with Armscor Precision ammo. Only mine had a flat muffled discharge that caused me to check the chamber. It had blown the rim out on two sides. I cleared it, checked the barrel, then switched to Remington and Winchester ammo and had no more problems, I thought it was an ammo problem because many of the fired AP cases showed some distortion at the rim and deeper firing pin impressions where the other two brands looked normal.
I'll have to used to procedure TOOHSOTKIL mentioned to check the gun... By the way what is an acceptable space for "out of battery"?

[Jackman]

Originally Posted by LDBennett

Did anyone see the Mythbusters this week where they beat on centerfire cases (empty, of course, except for the primer) to see if it was possible to set off the primer with a hit from a gun butt. The cartridge case heads were so beat up that it was hard to tell that the piece of brass was originally a cartridge case AND the primers did not go off. I winced seeing the guns so horrible mistreated!

Of course, that obviously would not be the case on a rimfire round as noted above when a soft lead bullet was force against the rim of a live round in the chamber and the chambered round went off.

LDBennett

When I was 14 years old (36 years ago) I took the shot. wad and powder out of a 12 gauge round then cut the plastic off leaving just the brass put it primer side up in a gravel driveway and whacked it with a chunk of shale yes it went off and plastered me with pieces of driveway grit and darn near blew out my ear drums,,,,, myth busters should have used a rock been there done that when I was young and really really dumb

[doubleslover]

Originally Posted by CampingJosh

This is where I'm getting to be, too. I like their centerfire ammo (what little I've used), and I'm a big fan of many of their firearms, but the rimfire stuff just doesn't seem to be any good anymore.

I don't even think much of their center fire ammo. Had a box for my .22-250 and out of 20 I bet 8 never went off. No problem with other ammo.