Protect yourself

[RED BEAR]

Went to range yesterday and was shooting a cz50 32acp when i felt my face get sprayed with something and gun jammed . Popped off the slide and noticed the bullet had not left the chamber much less the barrel. The casing haf the back halh on one side blown away pretty much a big hole in the casing right in front of the rim. This was only the second time this brass had been fired. Once as came from factory and this reload . Was using 2.1 grains of red dot a 77 grain slug cast from rcbs mold and standard cci primer. overall length was .950 brass was fiocchi. The only thing i can come up with is some how the gun fired before shell was fully seated as the bullet went only left the case and no further. Just glad i had my safty glasses on . When younger chances are i would not have had them.

[lightman]

Wow, glad you were not hurt. Hopefully you can determine what happened and why?

[Outer Rondacker]

Glad you are ok. Eyes and ears. I even wear eyes in the field hunting when I can.

[thegatman]

Lucky dog. Safety first.

[Mr_Sheesh]

Ack! Glad you were not seriously hurt.

Any idea of the cause yet? Protruding primers can cause that, I don't know the CZ50's action so I can't suggest more yet. Saw a guy with a messed up firing pin where it was stuck protruding out of the breech face & causing slam fires once.

[nicholst55]

Glad you're okay, Red Bear! This stresses the importance of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) when shooting - or doing nearly any kind of work. I wear safety glasses when handling anything more dangerous than a piece of paper, myself.

[Battis]

I recently got a Mauser 1914 .32 acp - I know, different gun - but what concerns me about my gun is that the mag sometimes drops slightly. I've wondered what would happen if a round fired that was not properly chambered due to the mag dropping.
Also, I've put off reloading for this gun because the fired brass gets beat up when ejected. I don't know if I trust the strength of the fired brass.
Either one a possibility with your mishap?

[MaryB]

My glasses are safety lenses... I work on to much stuff that can fly back in my face. So I always have the eyes covered. I HAVE fired the pistol a couple of times without hearing protection... ears rang for hours.

[Mr_Sheesh]

I'm more a maniac on EarPro than EyePro, almost; Family member was about 98% deaf and wouldn't learn ASL - they just assumed whatever they heard, was what you'd said, so you ask for them to pass the salt & they curse you for calling them bad names etc. etc. - That gets old in a hurry. But being blind in one or both eyes would be bad TOO, no depth perception or no vision, ack. So both are good things; And I don't think any of us need our faces defaced by shrapnel either, that wouldn't improve anyone's day!

[Tom W.]

I learned ASL back when the babysitter was deaf. Arthritis doesn't help anything anymore. I keep at least two sets of earmuffs in the car at all times, maybe three.... my glasses are safety glasses, too.

[RED BEAR]

still not sure what really happened but thanks for all the well wishes . didn't learn my lesson with hearing in time. between work and the range my hearing is shot. quite a few years ago a 44mag with 2 inch barrel tought me a lesson about ear muffs. still stumped on what happened. it dosent look like the gun could fire untill the shell goes all the way into the chamber. primmers i always go over and double check after a worn out primming tool left me at the range having to pull the trigger several times before the roung would fire. that cut that trip very short one shot.

[Boaz]

Don't ever shoot a 30/06 out of the window of your truck . I offer that from personal experience .

[RED BEAR]

you know even though primers were double checked it is possible i missed one can't figure anything else out. as i get older have developed the unique skill of looking right at something anf still not seeing it.