.22 rounds exploding at base

[JoeMal]

So sorry, my camera phone has a macro setting and it's nearly five years old.

So sorry that I'm not a camera phone extraordinaire. The last thing I was thinking about was the 'setting' my phone was on

I also used this guy to suggest tone ->

People also use that guy to suggest sarcasm or wittiness...which in this case would be negative. It is extremely difficult to interpret meaning or tone through simple text.

I'm surprised you didn't keep the case. Whenever anything out of the ordinary happens while I'm shooting, I save the evidence. I'm guessing others here do too.

I guess I'm just an idiot then



Thanks everyone for your replies...I will keep all of this in mind next time I'm out. I don't like the idea that my .22 will need a scrub every time I come home from the range...but I also know there are plenty of other people out there who also have picky .22s, so I guess I will join the club. I'm going to try shooting some other ammo types before I clean it though to see if it happens again. I really hate to give up on Remington ammo, even though 'teh netz tells me to stay away...it's extremely accurate out of my Marlin

 

[highorder]

I guess I'm just an idiot then

Nope, just a bit pissy.





is for sarcasm. Note I didn't use it.

 

[wally]

Happened way to often with Remington ammo, one of the reasons I've stopped buying it.

If it happens with other brands, a trip to the gunsmith would seem in order.

If you shoot enough you will get a defective round eventually, but four of these in a single 550 round bulk pack was the last straw with regards to buying Remington rimfire ammo for me.

 

[jpwilly]

Remington rimfire ammo is by far the worst quality from my experiance with it...YMMV.

 

[Dr.Rob]

I'd say your Marlin fired on a cartridge not fully seated. Now that could be that the bullet lube is fouling the chamber on that ammo (possible--some Remington 'black bullets have a lot of lube) or the feed ramp is shaving lead and creating a build up (also possible). Scrub out the chamber with a bronze brush take it back to the range. Load it, point it down range and CYCLE a couple magazines worth of live rounds, see if you are shaving lead off the bullets. If you are, call Marlin.

If that's not the case, you indeed may have a bad 'lot' of ammo. You can tie the gun to a rest/tree and fire off a few rounds until it malfunctions again, or just call Remington, report the problem and they will probably want to inspect the ammo.

Take more detailed pics if possible, so you can document everything.

The big gun and ammo mfg's are VERY good at policing up bad ammo and weapons--the liability of NOT doing so is too risky.

 

[Ignition Override]

As Dookie stated, avoid Remington .22 ammo.

Though I've never had your problems, in my very old Savage .22, only cheap green/yellow box Rem. and Thunderbolt cause a huge number of gas blowbacks into my face.

My only other ammo has been Federal and Winchester, with no blowbacks.

When this happens, I take the remaining handful of Thunderbolts (the worst), and throw them in the Loosahatchie River. No kidding here, at all. Thunderbolts blow back lots of gas in 3 or 4 of every 5 rounds, if not a higher percentage.

 

[benzy2]

I've had a few instances where a pack/brick of ammo just wasn't produced straight. I found it would be tough to load into my single six, it would give a bit extra force on the bolt rifles to chamber, and it would give OOB shots when fired through the semi autos.

As has been said, I would clean the rifle well first, switch ammo, then see if it does it again. I personally think it was the ammo at fault. Remington rimfire ammo is known to be dirty. Dirty chamber plus not quite right ammo can quickly lead to OOB firings.