Today at the range I was firing my 03A3 in our Vintage Rifle Match and due to time constraints, I picked up a can of surplus Korean 30-06 (corrosive type). It was mostly KA-74 with a few KA-71's mixed in. I have used it many times before since it shoots fairly well in my Springfield.
During the rapid fire drill something went POOF! and I was blasted in the forehead with some hot gas. Nothing serious, but very scary none the less. I stopped and cleared my weapon and waited until the range was cold and called the match director over. He got one of our members who is a doctor to check me out.
Anyhow... to make a long story shorter, one of the KA-71 rounds split from just ahead of the extractor groove to the primer pocket.
I plan on breaking this stuff down and salvaging the powder and bullets since I have 400 plus rounds left.
Anyone else experience problems like this with this Korean crap?