TC Encore/Contender Fail safes?

[Yute]

Hello all,
Out of curiosity I've been wondering if there are "fail safes" so to speak built into the encore/contender reciever. I know that mauser actions tend to have several vent holes that will vent gases away from the shooters face should there be a case/ primer rupter (granted ammo wasn't as safe as it was back in the day) and vent holes as a safety measure tend to be fairly common on bolt guns these days (even my savage .22 has several).

Looking at my encore, I can't seem to find any vents and it seems that the reciever is pretty much one huge chunk of metal (ie very strong which is great). However, I can't help but notice that the firing pin looks like the point of least resistance - should a cartridge primer fail, wouldn't the gases go straight back through the firing pin hole and into the eye of the shooter? This is very rare espcially with good ammo, but I guess I'm a bit curious how the encore would hold up to overpressure/ruptures, etc. Sorry for sounding paranoid, i'm really not! I just want to see how this rifle works in a worse case situation...

Thanks for reading and for any help you might have!

[Grasshopper]

As far as fail safe venting goes I don't know of any on the Encore. I can tell you that while reloading with brass that had seen its better days I had a cartridge completely blow apart inside the chamber of my 25-06 with no damage to me or the gun. When I opened the gun the head of the cartridge fell out but I had to use an easy out to remove the rest of the cartridge. The moral of the story is DO NOT be stingy with your brass. GH

[ohiosam]

Gas can vent between the barrel and the frame. In a bolt action it is "funneled" back through and along the bolt unless there are vent holes in the receiver and the bolt.

[Yute]

Thanks for the replies guys - helps a lot!! Glad to here you were ok grasshopper - good leasson!