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After reloading thousands of 9mm it finally happened case blowout.
10 rounds loaded and on round 6 all I saw was a blast of white smoke and a quick sense of heat on my finger, but to make matters worse as I saw the smoke my vision blurred and it hit me... my safety glasses were on my hat instead of shielding my eyes.
After hobbling to the cars side mirrors to check for damage to my face which luckily there was none (with vision fading I feared the worst) I went back to the pistol that I set on the ground facing the burm.
The gun a beretta 92fs went through the case failure with no apparent damage I pulled the gun apart and no cracks, extractor intact, no barrel bulge and it even kicked the case out and fed a fresh round like nothing happened.
Interesting enough this wasn't from some hot rod Blue Dot load but instead a mild charge of Bullseye. Working up a load for 124gr jhp carefully scaled with the start load at 4.1grs and the ceiling being 4.3grs.
The blowout occurred with 4.2grs with a jhp seated at 1.060 which I have seated that exact same bullet at that depth with HS6 with zero problems.
Everyone had packed up and left the range so had I been blinded by this event I would have had to try and find my way to the nearest road in thick fog after unlocking a gate.
I had been wearing my glasses this entire session but for some reason when I went back to the bench and loaded the magazine I took my glasses off and set them on top of my hat.
The twenty foot walk to the car was like an eternity not knowing if I'm in shock and have suffered head trauma or if there's a laceration that I can't see. I dont know how I got so lucky that aside from a burn from venting gasses on my finger was the only damage today and even the guns plastic grips didn't crack and the magazine didn't eject.
Ladies and gentlemen I joked on the forum regarding safety glasses but this little incident has 100% changed my views on protective gear as eyes and many other body parts are irreplaceable and that walk to the car is not something I ever want to do again.
Be safe, have fun shooting, and dont get complacent like me...
10 rounds loaded and on round 6 all I saw was a blast of white smoke and a quick sense of heat on my finger, but to make matters worse as I saw the smoke my vision blurred and it hit me... my safety glasses were on my hat instead of shielding my eyes.
After hobbling to the cars side mirrors to check for damage to my face which luckily there was none (with vision fading I feared the worst) I went back to the pistol that I set on the ground facing the burm.
The gun a beretta 92fs went through the case failure with no apparent damage I pulled the gun apart and no cracks, extractor intact, no barrel bulge and it even kicked the case out and fed a fresh round like nothing happened.
Interesting enough this wasn't from some hot rod Blue Dot load but instead a mild charge of Bullseye. Working up a load for 124gr jhp carefully scaled with the start load at 4.1grs and the ceiling being 4.3grs.
The blowout occurred with 4.2grs with a jhp seated at 1.060 which I have seated that exact same bullet at that depth with HS6 with zero problems.
Everyone had packed up and left the range so had I been blinded by this event I would have had to try and find my way to the nearest road in thick fog after unlocking a gate.
I had been wearing my glasses this entire session but for some reason when I went back to the bench and loaded the magazine I took my glasses off and set them on top of my hat.
The twenty foot walk to the car was like an eternity not knowing if I'm in shock and have suffered head trauma or if there's a laceration that I can't see. I dont know how I got so lucky that aside from a burn from venting gasses on my finger was the only damage today and even the guns plastic grips didn't crack and the magazine didn't eject.
Ladies and gentlemen I joked on the forum regarding safety glasses but this little incident has 100% changed my views on protective gear as eyes and many other body parts are irreplaceable and that walk to the car is not something I ever want to do again.
Be safe, have fun shooting, and dont get complacent like me...
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