I have a 25 ft range in my basement where I normally shoot sub sonic and quiet cartridges. Sorting through the 22 collection this morning I found a partial box of these 60 gr Aguila's that I bought 20 years ago.
Since I was shooting the 22 Western Field single shot I grabbed 3 rounds to try for the fun of it. I had already fired over a dozen CCI rounds with no issues. The first two were OK, the third filled my face with crap, mostly just missing my eyes.
I shoot open sights with out glasses as I can see them better. Looks like I need to dig around to find the prescription shooting glasses I had made back in my Bullseye days, 30 years ago. This was too close for comfort.
I had never experienced a ruptured case on a rimfire, nor do I know of anyone who has had it happen.
Ken