swiftak
Member
I'm not sure this is the correct place for this, but here goes. I have been shooting for more than 40 years, reloading for over 30 years and I am emabrrased to say that I have never worn safety glasses. I know bring it on. The point that I am getting at is that today I had an incident That will ensure that I will never again shoot without safety glasses. I was shootin my 1911 style .45 with my own reloads that I have shot a thousand times. When I fired the first shot on the last magazine that I was firing for today, the round went off with alot more force than any .45 I have ever fired. The case was ruptured at the base near the rim, the next round in the magazine had the bullet pushed all the way in the case as far as it would go, and the follower was no where to be found. I was hit in the left side of my face with either unburned powder or a small piece of brass. My eyes were untouched. I was very lucky for being so stupid. Any way I don't know what was wrong with the round, but my point is,,,,,,,,,,, Glasses everytime I shoot from now on.