I went to my local shooting range today since I just picked up brand new CZ97BD. Nothing better then shooting a virgin gun on a nice Sunday afternoon so I couldn't wait. When I got there I was alone at the 25y range. I ran few mags trying to get used to the new gun which shoots really soft for a 45 but anyway. Two guys show up one sets up on my left and one on my right. No problem we are still good 6 feet apart life is good.
But then we start to shoot and I hear guy on my right yelling something. I look over and he's in a huge cloud of smoke holding his gun out as far as he can. His other hand is on his face and he's going "My gun just blew up". As soon as he says that blood starts coming down his hand which he was holding over his face and starts going all over the floor. I looked over to my left I told the other guy to stop and get help. I ran over and it just happens that I had clean white T-shirt in my bag.ci took the gun away from him and gave him that T-shirt. He was lucky and we managed to stop the bleeding and he ended up with a decent size cut on his nose. Looked really bad at first too considering amount of blood he lost but he's ok.
So as soon as we got his condition under control we all started to wonder what happened right? I was the first to get that gun away from him. He had Sig p226 which looked almost new. Handle was all blown out, grips started coming off. No extractor and slide was out of battery locked up I couldn't clear the round so I put it down facing down range and I went back to trying to help him. Few mins later guys finally managed to get slide to open and empty case with almost a complete head separation was extracted.
I was the first one to ask him what ammo was he using. Factory or reloads? I got no answer but looks like everyone was thinking it too because they all got quiet. So I ask again . He says factory so I just let it go. But I do notice his 9mm ammo is sitting it plastic flip up boxes not factory boxes. When he went to the bathroom I looked and the first couple had all mixed brass. FC, RP and one Win I think all loaded with the same plated or fmj 124gr TC bullet.
So I can't help myself to think that double charge here might have been the cause. His gun is trashed but I'm glad that it's all he lost. We believe he got his cut from broken extractor flying off. Another inch to the left and he could have lost his eye. I had a feeling like he knew what caused it too. Maybe new powder throw or new progressive press who knows. We all mistakes but this one process you want to double and triple check everything. Another reason why I try to go there when it's not crowded. You never know what ammo is being used next to you.
Can you imagine your gun blowing up because you messed up your reloads and someone next to you loses an eye because of that? That's horrible to even think about.
Stay safe everyone!
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