Had a problem at the range today!

[Lucky Scott]

Shooting my Reminton 700 in 7mm rem mag. Shooting factory remington ammo.
Shot 22 rounds with no issues, but on the 23rd round I heard an explosion and felt shrapnel on my face. The magazine floorplate on the gun opened up and I had a hard time getting the bolt to open. When i did, I found the primer on my cartridge completely gone. Black crap all over the back end of cartridge and the bolt. Some debris in the barrel. The button that you depress to get the bolt out is stuck in and wont come out.
I had already planned on taking it to my gun smith for some upgrades, so I will let him take a look at it. It was a wild way to end my shooting day.
Not sure what really happened, dont know if the problem was the gun or the ammo. I am hoping just a bad factory round.

[Raralith]

Wow! Do you still have the box? I'd take down the lot information and send it over to Remington. That is definitely not supposed to happen.

[Iloveguns]

Yeah dont send it to your smith just yet. I would talk to Remington first.

[Maltese Falcon]

Maybe an overcharge?

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[BroncoBob]

Only cow, glad you were not injured. Do not take it to your GS, Remington should be contacted.

[mark501w]

Contact the cartridge co , what was the cartridge.

[Lucky Scott]

Remington 7mm remington Magnum was the cartridge. It was a factory box of ammo. Core-lokt 150 gr.

I am sure a bad round gets by occasionally. I will take the rifle to my smith and get it checked out. Maybe it is fine, but I need to know.

[mark501w]

Nice Nova my kids got one. Remington should know right away! They my have a bad lot of ammo bad time of year to be pushing out bad ammo in such a popular caliber. It's not unusual for a cartridge co. to pay for repaired or replacement especially since they made the gun too !

[Wrangler John]

Phone Remington today - as soon as possible. Have the ammunition box handy with the lot number, and your rifle's serial number. Do not let anyone else touch it, that will taint the liability chain. The problem could have been caused by an under load, not an overload, too little slow burning powder in a charge can cause a huge spike in pressure. Ammunition loading machines are more likely to produce an under load than an overload, or have been charged with either the wrong or defective powder.

Let them know as soon as possible so they can issue a pickup label, you will have to return it to them. If there is a problem with that lot of ammunition they will issue a recall notice, in order to prevent someone else from being injured.

[Lucky Scott]

"liability chain."
Not really interested in liability. Sometimes stuff happens. If it is broken, I will pay to have it fixed.

[golfish]

"liability chain."
Not really interested in liability. Sometimes stuff happens. If it is broken, I will pay to have it fixed.

Your not worried about somebody else getting hurt?

[Bastard]

"liability chain."
Not really interested in liability. Sometimes stuff happens. If it is broken, I will pay to have it fixed.

how old is the rifle?
did you buy it new?



I agree that sometime things just happen - but why pay to have something fixed when you can have it done under warranty

[mark501w]

You almost had a life altering experience , instead it only turned out to be a post. There are thousands of people shooting that ammo this year you should contact Remington. That rifle faced a massive overload you should have the people who built it look at it.

[khw9mm]

"liability chain."
Not really interested in liability. Sometimes stuff happens. If it is broken, I will pay to have it fixed.

You're my type of customer!

To be serious now, you should definitely contact Remington for this before your smith. I'm sure you want to find out as soon as possible but stuff like this should NOT happen in factory ammo. Even "every once in a while..." They really need to know.

[Lucky Scott]

Okay, I was wrong.
I have been talked into sending it into Remington. Now, I was upfront with them and told them I am not trying to pin liability or get something for free. But My friends made me call them, and Remington said the best thing to do was to have them look at it.

My main concern is safety, and that includes me and the people around me.

I am going to ship it to Remington, and have them look at it. If it needs repair and parts, it will be in a good place. I will know for sure that it is safe.

By the way, this is a 1972 rifle. I did not buy it new. The ammo has been sitting around for a while also. It is factory Remington ammo, but the box looks old. The ammo looks perfect, but it is not recent production ammo.

I told the remington guy this up front. Told him it was an old gun, not a warrenty or liability issue, but I was talked into calling them and asking their advice. I thought perhaps they would tell me to have the repair guy check headspace, firing pin etc. Instead he told me to send it in. It sounded reasonable to have the factory make sure it was completely safe.