whughett
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I have owned and shot an H&R Sportsman for a number of years now, its not my go to 22 for target but gets a work out several times a year. Its in super condition, accurate and operates flawlessly. To day at the range on the 42nd shot from a box of 50 CCI Stingers, dumped on the bench and loaded randomly from the pile, my left hand was stung in numerous places. I stopped shooting, broke open the piece and found that round had ruptured around the rim. The next round up in the cylinder was squashed, see photo, the bullet still in the chamber. In 60 odd years of shooting I've had numerous misfires with 22's but never one blow out a rim. that's odd enough but the real puzzle is what the heck happened to the unfired adjacent round. The bullet had left the case and would have , most likely, prevented the cylinder from turning, I was shooting double action. The blown case was the third one up of the chambered five, and the rest had all sounded and preformed normal. The fired case preceding the blown one was normal, and yes I fired the final seven in the box. This box was one of four 50 round boxes, like lot numbers, I also have a 500 round unopened brick with the same lot number.
Any way I'm thinking on sending the empty brass to CCI to see if they have an opinion. In the meantime I'll restrict the H&R to standard velocity rounds, although I don't think the fault was with the gun. This lot is quite old, I have no idea of year of manufacture but the boxes are in pristine condition.
Any way I'm thinking on sending the empty brass to CCI to see if they have an opinion. In the meantime I'll restrict the H&R to standard velocity rounds, although I don't think the fault was with the gun. This lot is quite old, I have no idea of year of manufacture but the boxes are in pristine condition.