Always wear your safety glasses when shooting!
This is the remains of a .22LR case after an out-of-battery discharge in a Glock 17 with an Advantage Arms .22LR conversion kit installed. The pistol had between 80 and 100 rounds through it for the evening when this occurred.
Glock 17 with Advantage Arms .22LR conversion kit
Remington Golden Bullet (525 round value pack)
80-100 rounds fired that evening before the discharge
clean pistol before starting this evening
750-1000 Remington Golden Bullets previously through the system before failure
conducting rapid fire drills on multiple targets, 5th or 6th shot in string
Pistol and conversion kit appear to be fine, additional rounds in magazine did not discharge. My hands appear to be fine although my shooting glasses and face had bits of brass and unburned powder stuck to them. The recoil was about half the normal recoil and it sounded muffled. forestmaster shooting next to me immediately asked, "What was that?" The bullet was not stuck in the barrel and the remainder of the brass case was easily removed from the barrel after allowed to cool. You can see the bits of brass and unburned powder in the picture below. Also of interest is to see the entire sidewall burst everywhere that was unsupported and not just at the feedramp. I have shot hundreds of thousands of rounds and this is the first time I have ever had an out-of-battery discharge. Keep wearing those eyes and ears!
