I WAS LUCKY! Always wear your shooting glasses!

[ftrovato]

Yesterday while shooting some long distance steel targets with a Tikka T3X in 223 Remington, I experienced something I’ve never experienced before. I was shooting factory loaded Hornady ammo, and had a cartridge case rupture in my rifle. It split down the side and peppered my eye and face with what I’m assuming was burned powder residue. Luckily it didn’t hurt me or the gun, but I consider myself very lucky! From now on, I will be wearing shooting glasses at the range. (I know I already should have been.)
On the bright side, the Tikka rifle handled this pretty well IMO. Like I mentioned, no damage to the rifle at all. And very little residue reached my face. So, be careful out there

First, happy your eyes are ok!
Note: We only get 2 eyes to last us a lifetime. One should always wear safety glasses when shooting....period.

 

[gbflyer]

Was it 75gr match per chance? I had a box that was blowing primers in my MK12. Crazy hot.

 

[TOBY458]

Was it 75gr match per chance? I had a box that was blowing primers in my MK12. Crazy hot.

No sir. It was their 55gr SP in the pack of 50. Relatively cheap stuff. Like $44 per box of 50.
Unfortunately, my friend lost the brass, otherwise I would have sent it to Hornady. He scooped it up and threw it in the trash with the rest of the brass before I asked to see it again. He has a huge plastic drum full of brass with a tiny opening at the top, so I wasn’t going to try and pour all of that out to try and find it.