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So I havent been shooting in probably a month. Took my ar 22 conversion ( spikes bolt ) out and the first shot sounded weird, very loud and smoky. Didnt cycle the next round, and each round after that was the same thing. The shells were blown out and on one of them the lead fell out when I took the mag out. The ones I could find all had rim strikes but one, that one blew up in the mag as it was the next to the one that shot out and blew up. I was afraid the solid guide rod had something to do with it so I put in my original and same thing happened. When I would check the barrel it would be full of powder all throughout the interior. Tried a different mag and same thing. So I got my dads marlin rifle, same thing exploded shell and poof of smoke when fired, and loud sound. I tried his cci ammo and everything was perfect and normal.
Now ive used this ammo 2 other times but only a few mags worth as other people were using my rifle and had there own different brand ammo. Never have I had this much problems with ammo blowing up on me. I did use my dads ammo 100 rounds with each one firing and the normal sound so im sure it was my ammo.
On the way home I was thinking what could cause the ammo to go bad. I keep it in a closet in a ammo box. But in that box the last 2 times I went out shooting I had left a bottle of tetra copper solvent, which had a hairline crack on the lid. Im wondering if the fumes somehow ruined the brass ammo. I remembered I smelled the fumes when I first opened the ammo can today before shooting. That ammo can seals very well.
Anyone think thats possible, the solvent fumes ruined the ammo.
I still have 2 more boxes of this, luckily kept in a different room then this stuff, but im concerned if it wasnt the fumes then is the ammo bad. Could all the ammo somehow go bad in 3 months around 70-90 dry temp.
I would like to contact winchester about this but there is no phone number on the box. Anyone have the info for me.
Pics of ammo, the one laying down thats wide open has no primer strike, and blew up under the one that was being fired ( the fired one also blew up) All shells are cracked in the rear, the ones I fired not the new ones in the box. I may have only shot 10 rounds or less from the times I used it so its basically a full box.
Now ive used this ammo 2 other times but only a few mags worth as other people were using my rifle and had there own different brand ammo. Never have I had this much problems with ammo blowing up on me. I did use my dads ammo 100 rounds with each one firing and the normal sound so im sure it was my ammo.
On the way home I was thinking what could cause the ammo to go bad. I keep it in a closet in a ammo box. But in that box the last 2 times I went out shooting I had left a bottle of tetra copper solvent, which had a hairline crack on the lid. Im wondering if the fumes somehow ruined the brass ammo. I remembered I smelled the fumes when I first opened the ammo can today before shooting. That ammo can seals very well.
Anyone think thats possible, the solvent fumes ruined the ammo.
I still have 2 more boxes of this, luckily kept in a different room then this stuff, but im concerned if it wasnt the fumes then is the ammo bad. Could all the ammo somehow go bad in 3 months around 70-90 dry temp.
I would like to contact winchester about this but there is no phone number on the box. Anyone have the info for me.
Pics of ammo, the one laying down thats wide open has no primer strike, and blew up under the one that was being fired ( the fired one also blew up) All shells are cracked in the rear, the ones I fired not the new ones in the box. I may have only shot 10 rounds or less from the times I used it so its basically a full box.
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