IF YOU ARE A SHOOTER, A RELOADER OR KNOW ONE, I NEED YOU TO READ THIS PLEASE. On December 31st, 2014, there was a very real opportunity for me to either be killed or very seriously injured. We had been shooting all day testing out some of our new 308s. While we were finishing up our brass call and cleanup, i realized i brought one of our suppressed 10.5 5.56mm machineguns to test fire. I had already packed up all our ammo, so i borrowed a mag from another shooter that was clearly full of 5.56. Since it was suppressed and we were already done for the day and packed up, i got lazy and decided to not pull my eyepro and earpro back out from their cases. So i fired a few rounds in semi, everything seemed good, so i switched to auto. Braaap, braaap, braaaBOOOM! Catastrophic detonation. I was deaf, disoriented and in a semi state of shock. If any of you have been hit by a flashbang you know exactly what i am talking about. I quickly checked myself for new holes and made sure both eyes still worked. My right ear had shut off and the ringer was off the hook. Unbeknownst to me, there was a 300 BLK round hidden in the mag. It most certainly chambered fully, and the crazy thing is the barrel was clear and there were no baffle strikes on the can. So a 30 caliber bullet squeezed itself down to .22 and made a 10.5 high pressure journey and exited and made it all the way through a yhm can. This most likely saved my life. If the barrel was any longer, Im sure it would have found a new place to deposit gas; most likely right into my idiot face. The upper receiver bulged out, the carrier split longways and the remaining contents of the magazine were launched out at my feet at Mach 2. I walked away from this (somewhat) unscathed. I was very very lucky because this could have gone a lot worse. What i took away is this: Always, ALWAYS wear your eye and ear pro, no matter what you are shooting. You never know when it might save your eyes and hearing. If you are going to borrow ammo or reload your own, observe all safety precautions and verify all the rounds going into your gun! I have been shooting a long time, with probably millions of rounds downrange, but i am obviously not immune to my own stupidity. Complacency kills. Stay Frosty out there and Happy New Year.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 19:51:53 +0000
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