Outlander Systems
02-06-09, 09:13
Found this on another forum. Thought I'd share this here:
"I debated on posting anything about this regrettable incident that happened to me today.....but I'm going to do it because it was a learning experience I should share. So, got off early today and decided of course to shoot for a while. It was warm here today for the first time in weeks so I thought a little rifle practice was in order. I felt kinda lazy and figured just a hundred rounds of .223 would be enough so I grabbed my AR and stepped outside. I shot about half a mag and got a FTF, snap no boom. I waited thirty seconds and kicked the round (new PMC bronze 55) out onto the table. I've cleared hundreds of duds in many calibers and always the same way, turn face away after thirty seconds and operate to clear. This one hit the table in a pile of other brass and detonated. I have never had that happen before, never. It blew the primer out in fragments and popped off the bullet at really low speed into the plywood casing catcher on the bench. I ate three pieces of primer to the side of the face and two more embedded themselves squarely in my shooting glasses. No glasses=no eye. This was a one in a million, but it would have taken my eye regardless. My mug is unharmed, the primer shrapnel was tiny (thankfully) and it stung but nothing serious. Lesson#1 Don't get lazy and clear a misfire into anything but open air. I should have stood up and got the rifle off the bench and jacked the dud into the yard. Lesson#2 Wear those four eyes, every single time always. I got lucky because I got complacent just for one second, STAY SHARP. -James"
"I debated on posting anything about this regrettable incident that happened to me today.....but I'm going to do it because it was a learning experience I should share. So, got off early today and decided of course to shoot for a while. It was warm here today for the first time in weeks so I thought a little rifle practice was in order. I felt kinda lazy and figured just a hundred rounds of .223 would be enough so I grabbed my AR and stepped outside. I shot about half a mag and got a FTF, snap no boom. I waited thirty seconds and kicked the round (new PMC bronze 55) out onto the table. I've cleared hundreds of duds in many calibers and always the same way, turn face away after thirty seconds and operate to clear. This one hit the table in a pile of other brass and detonated. I have never had that happen before, never. It blew the primer out in fragments and popped off the bullet at really low speed into the plywood casing catcher on the bench. I ate three pieces of primer to the side of the face and two more embedded themselves squarely in my shooting glasses. No glasses=no eye. This was a one in a million, but it would have taken my eye regardless. My mug is unharmed, the primer shrapnel was tiny (thankfully) and it stung but nothing serious. Lesson#1 Don't get lazy and clear a misfire into anything but open air. I should have stood up and got the rifle off the bench and jacked the dud into the yard. Lesson#2 Wear those four eyes, every single time always. I got lucky because I got complacent just for one second, STAY SHARP. -James"