I thought I'd had a few bad trips to the range....

[reivertom]

...until me and a friend found the remains of an exploded Remington model 700 going to our targets at a local range. One piece was a sliver of the receiver with a serial number, and I found two pieces of a plastic stock, so it must have been a newer rifle. I didn't hear anything about an accident, but I don't see how the shooter got away uninjured.

[Mike H]

...until me and a friend found the remains of an exploded Remington model 700 going to our targets at a local range. One piece was a sliver of the receiver with a serial number, and I found two pieces of a plastic stock, so it must have been a newer rifle. I didn't hear anything about an accident, but I don't see how the shooter got away uninjured.
I would think that the ovner of the rifle may still be in orbit.

[Hickory]

I don't see how the shooter got away uninjured.

Did you look for any blood?
Maybe he crawled off into the weeds and died!

[Hardcast416taylor]

Did you look for any blood?
Maybe he crawled off into the weeds and died!

Watch for buzzards and crows.Robert

[Don Purcell]

Did you keep the piece with the serial number?

[rockrat]

You could contact BATFE and have them trace the S/N to where it was sold. Maybe have the place contact the police about the persons welfare, but they might not want others to know about a possible reloading mistake they did. Hopefully they had the gun tied down and fired it remotely with a string!!!

[Down South]

would love to know the caliber.

Before or after the last time it was fired?