I was shooting my Rem M581 bolt gun.
I had a FTF and decided to try it again by rotating it 90 degrees.
Bad idea. It fired alright, but the rim failed where the firing pin had hit it the first time.
A small puff of smoke can out the side of the bolt and the right extractor was blown out.
I have done this many times before and never had a rim fail.
I know 22lr ammo is not THAT expensive to risk having this happen again.
Just a word of caution.
Anyone ever have a case fail in this manner?
My advice: Don`t try to make a 22lr case fire after the rim has been weakened by the firing pin.
BTW, the firing pin in this gun makes a very heavy strike on the rim of the case.
I have shot many 1000s of rounds through this gun.....dale