Originally Posted by
secondstoryguy
My only experience with a gun going high order was also a .22 out of a bolt gun. I've been shooting all my life and never even thought about a .22, especially a bolt gun, ever doing something like this. The round was filled with too much priming compound and blew out the corner of the bolt, stock, and bottom metal some of it ending up in my hand. Had it not been for my Oakleys, I would most definitely have lost my left eye. If a .22 can do this, you can never have too much protection for your eyes.