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Offline Sverre A.

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Not handloaded - because it happened with 22 LR
« on: July 05, 2008, 04:54:08 AM »
I was shooting CCI Green Target, and after 60 shots - "a wind" blowed into my face.
The bottom of the brass - was gone.

I`m glad that I always use shooting glasses  ;)

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Re: Not handloaded - because it happened with 22 LR
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2008, 05:28:17 AM »
While case head separation does not happen very often with rimfire rounds , it does happen , and that's why we need to always wear shooting glasses , glad your OK .

You could shoot another 10,000 rounds and it may never happen or you may shoot only 1 , so like the Boy Scouts say - Be Prepaired .

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Re: Not handloaded - because it happened with 22 LR
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2008, 06:26:32 AM »
Don't remember where I saw it but I've read that storeing your bullets anywhere around cat boxes will weaken brass because of the airborn ammonia.

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Re: Not handloaded - because it happened with 22 LR
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2008, 09:12:59 AM »
I think Bill hit it. I would definately have the head space on that rifle checked. If you ever gat any miss fires with it I would bet the head space is bad.

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Re: Not handloaded - because it happened with 22 LR
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2008, 10:07:18 PM »
It`s not a rifle but a Marvel conversion unit for my STI Targetmaster.

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Re: Not handloaded - because it happened with 22 LR
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2008, 07:44:59 AM »
 Has anyone anywhere actually had a firearms headspace "go bad" ::) It's not like milk people headspace doesn't just go bad without a very good reason. If you have a firearm that suffers from an excessive headspace issue there's a 99.985545% probability that it left the factory that way.

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Re: Not handloaded - because it happened with 22 LR
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2008, 06:16:05 PM »
usually a semi auto problem the chamber gets dirty and the round hangs up going in and the bolt is pushing on the rim and the rim is the primer.
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Re: Not handloaded - because it happened with 22 LR
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2008, 05:29:21 AM »
Has anyone anywhere actually had a firearms headspace "go bad" ::) It's not like milk people headspace doesn't just go bad without a very good reason. If you have a firearm that suffers from an excessive headspace issue there's a 99.985545% probability that it left the factory that way.

Exactly!!  Not a rimfire anyway.
If I were a betting man, my first choice would be a dirty chamber. Second would be faulty ammo. I think the second is highly improvable as CCI is some of the best rimfire ammo available for the price.
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Re: Not handloaded - because it happened with 22 LR
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2008, 06:55:51 AM »
"If I were a betting man, my first choice would be a dirty chamber"

Glad that you not are a betting man  ;)
But if you mean that firing 100 shots before the blow-out can cause a dirty chamber - you can still be a winner  :D

I think it caused faulty ammo.  After the blow out - I cleaned the gun - and shot 500 rounds with different ammo (also empted the Green Tag box) without any signs of trouble  :D.