My son and I went to our lease to shoot some of our .22’s. I brought alone my modified 10/22, My heavy barrel Savage Bolt and my father’s Remington 597. I’ve never shot it and when my dad was alive in think he shot it once. My son and I were taking turns with it and discussing how much we liked the gun. My son was shooting it and all of a sudden it went pop! He got splashed with powder soot and the action was half open after the initial shock and checking his physical condition, we turned to the gun and were saying “ What the hell happened?”
looking at the action, we could see that there was a round half ejected. The magazine was jammed in the mag well. Neither of us had ever seen anything like it. We think that the round (Federal) detonated out of battery for some reason or perhaps the previous round left something in the chamber or barrel and it blocked the next bullet from exiting the barrel. After we cleared the mess, I loaded 3 more rounds in the magazine and the rifle ran perfectly.
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looking at the action, we could see that there was a round half ejected. The magazine was jammed in the mag well. Neither of us had ever seen anything like it. We think that the round (Federal) detonated out of battery for some reason or perhaps the previous round left something in the chamber or barrel and it blocked the next bullet from exiting the barrel. After we cleared the mess, I loaded 3 more rounds in the magazine and the rifle ran perfectly.
Nice shooting too.
