A moment of forgetfulness and "eye almost lost an eye" or both for that matter. Here's a simple and short video on what happened, plus a very significant pond update!
Jese, glad to see you didn't lose one of your eyes, wholy crap. Nice range, and what an amazing pond. Good luck on the babies becoming adults for fishing. Take Care and Be Safe.
Glad you are ok! They just don't make thing the way they use too!!! I'm 72 and have had a 22 rifle for over 60 years. And never had that happen!! Yesterday I bought a Ruger MK4 hunter for my birthday!!
Glad everything was fine. I'm 64 years old and had my first case head separation on a 22lr cartridge two years ago. Didn't even know it was a thing until then. No issues though. Love your videos! Especially the Henry rifles. I've been buying golden boys and American beauties when grandkids graduate high school. I recently earned my seminary degree and bought myself a Frontier long barrel. I have a long ranger.308 and my wife has the 30-30 steel wildlife edition. Keep the good videos coming and God bless you and your family!
See the minute we put a blank eye to safety the unexpected happens, jese. It does that with all of us. We all are safety conscious with firearms but sometimes we're distracted in some way or forget and an accident can occur, after all we're only human.Glad to see you're OK and nothing debilitating happened. I can't wait to see you catch some of those fish in the pond, what a great looking set up you have. Take Care and Be Safe.
Excellent video with a lesson. Love 512’s, one was my first rifle at age 10. Glad you are safe and did not lose an eye. Only one pair per customer. My wife had a case head separation from an Armscor .22 in a RIA 1911 .22. I was to her right and it nailed me. RIA was called. Sent in the case pieces and pistol and they sent us a NIB .45 replacement with the .22 conversion and ammo. Really great video jobs.
We never wore safety anything back in the day. Dad built an indoor range, no ventilation of course. No ear plugs, no problem. Ears ring all the time now.
Love your updated property; enjoy it! Kudos for mentioning that case separation too. Also shout out to other shooters to beware of 22 revolvers slightly out of time that spray lead from the cylinder force cone area. I've had that happen to me twice. Happened with worn 38's in military as well
I`m sure we`ve all made mistakes similar to this at least once in our time, and along with that you never forget that lesson, do we? Stocking that pond is a wonderful idea, and the fishing should be most pleasant in years to come. I've been envious of your range there since I first subscribed, and now that feeling is enhanced. Thanks for this one.
Thanks, George. Glad you weren't hurt. Safety glasses are always good for shooting and working with power tools or chemicals. Everything looks great, George!
Counterbored cylinders are a holdover from the days of balloon head cases. The counterbore was to help prevent exactly the type of case failure you've shown. It's easy to forget that we still have a cartridge that would benefit from that procedure. Of course, rifles are supposed to have their own gas control system. Good reminder for one and all. 👍 P.S. My brother once had a 32 H&R revolver. Traded it off because it was splitting cases. Found some of that ammo, and very interesting - noted several of the cases had split lengthwise just from sitting in the box all these years. The brass was too hard (not malleable). I'm thinking that particular lot of 22 might have the same issue????
Thanks for the warning about safety glasses. Back in the 70's my dad had a ca. 1 acre Michigan pond that was 12 feet deep. There was a small creek that ran through it. He dumped in fathead minnows, perch, bluegills, and about 500 rainbow trout fingerlings. We fed the trout food pellets and the creek supplied giant amounts of tiny creek minnows. The first year it was fantastic. The second year almost every fish died during the winter.
Wow! Last summer had a case rim rupture on a CCI Standard Velocity case. Contacted CCI and they wanted to see the remaining ammo from that box and that purchased the same date, time and place. They paid shipping and sent replacement ammo of the 300 or so rounds. After their inspection they concluded it was a single case issue. I have never seen that in any of the 150,000 or so CCI rimfire rounds Ive used over the past 40 years. Fired it in a Ruger American Rimfire Target. It sent debris into the rifle that required a complete disassembly and reassembly. This rifle is about 2 years old and has 11,000+ (keep track) rounds of CCI SV and about 500 misc other through it. Luckily the rifle is still as good as ever and I only caught a little debris on my arm. Enjoyed this one! Take care!
Glad you're back George. When I was doing Cowboy Action Shooting my low-powered .45 Colt loads wouldn't seal the chamber of my Marlin 1894 and I would get blow-back in my face. An interesting result of that blowback; I was getting so much carbon buildup in the mag tube that the follower jammed in the tube---during a match! So now, my cleaning routine includes cleaning the mag tube. I've purchased a number of used guns that had a lot of rust in the mag tube because the previous owner(s) didn't clean and protect the mag tube. Cheers.
Range looks incredible! Shot myself in the ankle as a teenager many moons ago with a 22lr. I was much younger and admittedly naive back then. Was breaking down a Ruger Mark 1 that I was sure was empty and BAM! That was a hard lesson I'll never forget. Thankfully I healed up well with no serious debilitating injury. Thanks for sharing your experience and sage advice. Again, love the range upgrades.
Thanks! I appreciate you sharing your "adventure" as well. I'm sure glad that one worked out well for you. It could have been a reminder you had to live with every day.
Range is looking good. Glad your eye didn’t get peppered. We’re all guilty of not wearing some safety stuff. Especially those of us who have been shooting decades before the safety push started.
Hey man, love the video. I guess, we all are guilty of that. Glasses fogging up during a heated competition, you take them off for the last shot or two. Even though we all know better, we do stuff like that. Your experience makes me think twice now, before I do it. Thanks for sharing! ... and, beautiful range!
I sure hope you’re retired because that spread of yours is way too gorgeous to be away from for 8 + hours. I hope you’re able to enjoy it from dusk till dawn. Thanks for the plinking video, especially with the Remington 512. I just recently acquired a 512 that once belonged to my father that was in my Uncle’s possession. I was lucky enough to take ownership of it. It is actually the first rifle I ever shot other than a Daisy BB gun. Needless to say, it has a lot of sentimental value. There’s a scrub oak in AR that’s probably got 150 lbs of lead in it from me plinking around with that gun in the late 60’s. Love the channel George. Keep up the good work and the great content.
Thanks for your comment! What a treat to get that gun back in your possession. So many family heirlooms get lost from one generation to the next. Now, get out there and shoot it. As for my situation here with a farm, I am blessed beyond measure!
Been a while since I dropped in but I noticed the old Remingtons and had to get Dad's Model 510 Targetmaster out of the gun cabinet while I watched. Feels good in the hands again. Great job on your range improvements! Worth a sub from me to see more of what's coming.
hey there! thanks for sharing your experience, recently about 5 months ago I had a very similar incident happen with my Rossi model 62. like you it made more safety conscious and I can say its worth wearing PPE. cheers!
Glad there wasn't any injuries with separated case. Quality Control isn't as good now with some ammo companies. Depending on weather & temps that Florida strain may grow pretty quick. Nice job on pond & range. Take care. 👍🙏🎯🎣
Looks like it’s all coming together George , the range looks good and the pond and shortly within a few years, you’ll have your own food supply, that’s actually a very good thing, take care My Friend I’m glad you were not hurt in the mishap.
It was a " not again please" moment for many of us , thank God that was not a ,50 cal. you were shooting. Great job with the pond and the fish, I've been watching the progress, congratulations!
Good video and great advice! Glad that you're okay! I once had a case separation when using my very first Ruger 22LR Standard pistol back in the 70's. It blew the extractor and other small pieces off the bolt and the cartridge rim settled in the palm area of my right thumb. I was shooting left hand with my right hand supporting. Ammo used was CCI Stinger. I had fired about three magazines just fine when the case separation occurred. Came as quite a surprise, to say the least.
It's great to see you again. Once again it is surprising the commonnality of firearms you and I have. My brother has a Model 511 with a peep sight our dad bought in the early 1950s. I have a 510 single shot I purchased in 1984. I refinished it and mounted a 4-12 scope. It was used for .22 rifle silhouette matches out to 100 yards. It still is my go to squirrel rifle. I have story about a Ruger New Model Single Six I would like to share with you. Let me know how to get it to you.
The range looks great!! I first noticed the plates on the posts down the right side. That is a great layout. As for the eye - yes, you can never be too careful. I try my best to use safety glasses and a lot of times I use my regular glasses but they tend to get in the way when shooting from a bench. I'm heading out tomorrow to work on my dove field range. We've laid out a 200 yard shot across the field, but I have to clean out some sections of my wind rows (tomorrow's work) and I have to build a back stop. The pond you have looks really great.
I'm glad your eye is OK. Another safety precaution many folks ignored in days gone by was hearing protection. I suffer from tinnitus & hearing loss likely exacerbated by shooting without it in the past.
Thanks for your comment. When I was still a teenager I used to take my Remington 760 to work. Across the street from Delta Steel Buildings in the Dallas area was a Winchester shooting range. I would take that 270 over there and shoot a box of ammo two or three times a week. Each week I couldn't wait to get through the first two or three rounds because it took that much for my ears to quit hurting with each shot. I had no idea how much damage I was doing to my hearing at that young age. I'm really fortunate to be able to hear anything.
Great reminder that even modern firearms & ammunition can and do fail. Just this weekend I experienced a primer cup failure that released gas back into the action on my LWRC SPR using commercial Winchester white box target ammunition. Fortunately no harm done to me or my rifle but a serious wake up call for eye protection at all times.
I was once at the range and was having trouble seeing the target with my sunglasses on, due to lighting conditions. I was working with a known good load and thought it would be fine to take them off for a couple shots. I got a popped primer on the very next shot (probably because the brass was old and maybe the primer pockets were loose). I'd never had a popped primer with that rifle, even with 1,000s of rounds down the pipe. Anyway, I didn't get sprayed in the eyes with gas but, if the firearm design were different, I could have been. It really highlighted the importance of taking safety seriously all the time. The one time you let your guard down could be the unlucky time you needed that safety equipment.
Really I really appreciate your comment. It's amazing how many stories have been shared here in the comments. It's really a testimony to how dangerous it is to shoot without eye protection.
A very nice setup on the range. After a few years of adding stuff to the range, it needs to be reorganized and upgraded. Maybe this summer or next eye will get a round tuit.🤩 I need to set up a cowboy action layout for practice. In cowboy action shooting, if you are near the firing line, it is not uncommon to get hit with ricochets several times per day.
Another great video George It was good to see Austin on a video.Tell Malory hello from me. I have a Remington 512 with standard sights. They are great rifles. Good luck with the fish pond. Good safety talk !!!
Forty years (or a bit more) ago I had a Browning BDA 45. This was a SIG 220 with Browning's name on it. I liked it a lot - until the day it exploded. The culprit was an overcharged commercial round. When it went off, the frame cracked the barrel split and a jet of hot gas mixed with plastic fragments hit me in the face. Fortunately I always wore oversized prescription glasses with tough lenses. The result was singed eyebrows and hair and small fragments of the plastic grips in my forehead. But my eyes were fine. I'm glad that your eyes are fine too. Unfortunately, when I first started shooting I didn't appreciate the importance of hearing protection. I can still hear but I do say "huh!" a lot. I never saw a rimfire case separate like the one you showed.
Wow! You really dodged a bullet there, pardon the pun! And yes I too have that high frequency loss. But it was not from shooting 22 ammo out of long barrel rifles. It was from a lot of Centerfire and shotgun shooting without any ear protection.
@@TargetSuite A Ruger Security-Six was the primary culprit with an assist from a Bonanza Co-Ax press and an old Speer manual from that era. Back then the load data was pressure tested by looking at fired primers. It is amazing how conservative the data became after the companies got pressure testing gear.
Good shooting, the range looks great. The fish pond is exciting, thanks for taking us there. As for the eye issue, when I started shooting formally in 1974, we were taught NOT to wear any glasses other than prescription glasses. We were wannebe police officers taking community collage classes, and were even discouraged from wearing sunglasses during the day unless they were prescription. Fast forward 20 years and I was a serving peace officer. By now we were wearing hearing protection but eye pro still wasn't required. I did usually wear sun glasses on-duty and while shooting. I read an article testing various brands of eye protection in a shooting magazine and then spotted "the winner" on sale, which I immediately bought. For some reason that I do not remember, I made a special trip to the range to test fire my duty weapon. It was the very first time I used my new eye protection. One of the first ejected cases came back striking the right lens (protecting my dominant eye) with enough force to scar the lens! This might have caused enough of an injury to effect my chosen career; one ejected casing during a career of shooting hundreds of rounds a month. I immediately retired that pair of eye protection to my garage for use in my yard, replaced them with a new pair without a scar over my dominant eye, and then bought more of the same product to give away as Christmas presents to my shooting buddies. Wear eye protection! When shooting, when working in the garage or yard.
Your range is stunning. I’m green. Well done. As far as the safety thing, yep, been there done that. I did not become “safety conscious “ until I was drafted in 1969, and then only applied to hearing protection. Eye protection did not appear on my radar until many years later
I joined in 1970. So, I'm guessing we are very close to the same age and grew up in an era when folks didn't wear glasses or hearing protection. We're definitely in a different time these days when on "slip" could get you castigated on social media😉
Wow, that is a rare event! Some months back, I was fiddling with a cheapo Daisy .22 auto (don’t even recall where I got it) and found out it can be fired out of battery. The hand I had under the cheap plastic magazine stung pretty good. I did find the parts of the mag - except the spring, which I replaced with a 79 cent spring from Ace Hardware. Reminds us to respect even the lowly .22LR.
Very happy there was no serious injury to you. The pond really adds something I had not considered. Well done! Your range inspires jealousy in me; it is great. I have to drive 72 miles (round trip) to shoot.
Thanks! And yes, the pond is a centerpiece for the property. My dad and I added that back in the early 90s. It has been a great source of fun and relaxation over the last 30 years.
Range looks Great George! Weird occurance with the 22lr. I guess it is just a 1 in a million kind of thing. Pond looks great as well. Nice job with the fish!
That is a great looking range and pond you have my friend . Would be a pleasure to shoot and fish there . A couple camp sites in a couple years and you will have more friends than most . Lol You need a couple kyl " know your limits" sets , fridge , BBQ grill and you will be spending all day down there . Maby even get the wife to come down for awhile (you might have to bribe her with a fish fry) .👍👍👍🍻🍻🍻
The grill is a great idea. I'm upgrading here at my home in Texas and plan to bring the offset smoker I've been using to the farm. But I hadn't thought about setting it up down at the range. That would be fantastic! Thanks again for the tip!
Not only do I appreciate your input and your humour. I thoroughly enjoy your perspective. Like you I am an avid shooter and hunter a genuine conservationist like your self. Keep doing the great work. Here in Scotland we are not able to set up our own range or enjoy the freedom to just go shoot without belonging to a managed and approved club certified by the authorities. I do envy your freedom. I am considering moving Tennessee. Your pond looks marvellous to see how you love your land nature and your shooting sport Makes my day better. Your adventures often make me smile. Cailean. Said (Kay-lenn)
Thank you, Cailein! I really appreciate your comment. And it's great to hear from my shooting brothers and sisters across the pond. I was in your neck of the woods several years ago on vacation with the family. We sure loved Scotland!
Been a little leery about ammo the last few years, as I have purchased a lot of ammo brands that I have never purchased before, because it was all that is available. Plus I think the ammo manufacturers were pumping ammo out many a little too fast trying to catch up and maybe some quality suffered. Glad you still have the peepers. Range looks great
I had the same thing happen to me with my dads old Remington 22 bolt action about 5 years ago. I didn’t know what happened at first. I didn’t have safety glasses on either. Was lucky. Ps, the range looks great.
My dumb mistake, so you know you’re not alone. I was sighting in a 270 pump and a 7mm mag bolt at the same time. Forgot my safety glasses. Went ahead anyway. Accidentally loaded a 270 round into the 7 mag. The round fired, but blew back a shard of shell casing into my eye. ER doctor pulled it out and said, “Dude, protect your eyes!!” No long term damage. I was super lucky. Lesson learned. Now if I forget my safety glasses, I turn around and go home.
I saw the thumbnail and instantly remembered back to when I was a kid and the time I had a old 22lr case rupture in my Grandads Remington Target master 512. It shot a ring of old oil and crud out the back of the bolt and left a circle of gunk on my glasses lens and stung my eyebrow a little.
Hi George, the range looks awesome! 👍 Your range would be a look of fun to spend a day shooting at! That under water footage of the freeing the minnows was cool! Glad you didn't get hurt George with your shooting incident. Like you I couldn't even begin to say how many times I went hunto with 22's and no eye or ear protection. But it only takes one time.
The range is awesome !👍👍🇺🇸✌🏻🙏🏽😎 glad you are ok. I ate a ricochet out of a 44 magnum, In shrapnel pieces that hit a not so good type target ( salt block ) and almost took out my windpipe, teeth , and I looked like a shotgun hit me from calf to forehead . My eyes were saved by my forearms recoiling upwards Lesson learned the hard way, but I made the shot. 25 years old then , and you can insert what ever age you want for me now. Paint it Black was. #1 on the top 40. lol. Several Whitetail succumbed to that revolver over time. Yep, still have it too.
Wow, you guys are sharing some fantastic tails of survival. And I get the painted black reference. You are old like me😃 and you still have some of your original Hardware! That's awesome!
@@TargetSuite Painted black. Is that a song about painting targets? ...Eye see a red one and Eye want it painted black...No colors anymore Eye want them painted black, painted black.....
What a beautiful piece of property, and a dream range which would make any shooter happy. I love your videos.
Thanks!
Thanks for keeping an eye out (almost) for your viewers…and not losing sight of how important safety is. See what I did there?
Haha! Yes! That was good.
You cheeseball 🌝 🧀
Eye see what you did there
@@johnwhoissavedbygrace9975 what did the sailor say when he got told off at the range? Aye Aye Sir…
@@johnwhoissavedbygrace9975 Good One👍👍
Eye love what you did with the range! Can't even believe my eyes! 👀
Haha! I love you Mal!
We named our oldest daughter Mallory, she's 36, just in case you were wondering.
You’re a sight for sore eyes Mrs Gilly
Range looks great very nice and professional. I love what you are doing for us.
The range looks great! The Pond will be making wonderful memories for many years.
Yessir. Memories galore!
A very useful message! Protective glasses are a must. I’m glad you came out OK! 👍🏻
Jese, glad to see you didn't lose one of your eyes, wholy crap. Nice range, and what an amazing pond. Good luck on the babies becoming adults for fishing. Take Care and Be Safe.
Glad you are ok! They just don't make thing the way they use too!!! I'm 72 and have had a 22 rifle for over 60 years. And never had that happen!! Yesterday I bought a Ruger MK4 hunter for my birthday!!
Thanks! By the way, I think you'll love that MK4!
That's great birthday present! ...Happy Birthday!
Wow, yesterday was my birthday also. I turned 75
OK, Happy Birthday to you too Craig! @@craigt5990
The range looks great. Your entire property is beautiful. Happy about your pond, happy you are safe. Great teachable moment.
Thanks! I really appreciate your comment!
I'm glad that your eye was not hit; sight is such a wonderful blessing. I love the new range and always enjoy seeing your property. God bless.
We Love Watching You George. Only Takes One Time. Please Be Safe And God Bless.
Glad everything was fine. I'm 64 years old and had my first case head separation on a 22lr cartridge two years ago. Didn't even know it was a thing until then. No issues though. Love your videos! Especially the Henry rifles. I've been buying golden boys and American beauties when grandkids graduate high school. I recently earned my seminary degree and bought myself a Frontier long barrel. I have a long ranger.308 and my wife has the 30-30 steel wildlife edition. Keep the good videos coming and God bless you and your family!
See the minute we put a blank eye to safety the unexpected happens, jese. It does that with all of us. We all are safety conscious with firearms but sometimes we're distracted in some way or forget and an accident can occur, after all we're only human.Glad to see you're OK and nothing debilitating happened. I can't wait to see you catch some of those fish in the pond, what a great looking set up you have. Take Care and Be Safe.
Excellent video with a lesson. Love 512’s, one was my first rifle at age 10. Glad you are safe and did not lose an eye. Only one pair per customer.
My wife had a case head separation from an Armscor .22 in a RIA 1911 .22. I was to her right and it nailed me. RIA was called. Sent in the case pieces and pistol and they sent us a NIB .45 replacement with the .22 conversion and ammo.
Really great video jobs.
Absolutely awesome range and a kick ass pond. Definitely keep up the good work
Thanks!
Love the rang and the fish footage, and good to see father and son (?) have a shot together.
it can be a sobering experience when something goes awry. good to hear you faired well.
Thanks!
It only takes once! Having said that, I'm like you, never wore safety glasses back in the day. Great video again! Thanks for all the hard work!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
We never wore safety anything back in the day. Dad built an indoor range, no ventilation of course. No ear plugs, no problem. Ears ring all the time now.
New range looks great and the lake, thanks for sharing
Good video! Always share good and the bad, everyone learns!👍 Range looks great, plus pond and fish. Keep the content coming! Hats off to you both.
Love your updated property; enjoy it! Kudos for mentioning that case separation too. Also shout out to other shooters to beware of 22 revolvers slightly out of time that spray lead from the cylinder force cone area. I've had that happen to me twice. Happened with worn 38's in military as well
Love the range and the pond, you are very blessed to have a home like that.
Very blessed indeed!
I`m sure we`ve all made mistakes similar to this at least once in our time, and along with that you never forget that lesson, do we?
Stocking that pond is a wonderful idea, and the fishing should be most pleasant in years to come.
I've been envious of your range there since I first subscribed, and now that feeling is enhanced. Thanks for this one.
You are welcome. I appreciate that you take time to comment on my videos!
The Range and pond look great! Glad the accident wasn’t any worse. Be safe.
Thanks
Let’s ring in that new range George. Great stuff fellas! 👍✌️😃🇺🇸💪
The ringing will be happening soon😉
Thanks for the advice. Glad you're ok. That rare flukey time. The range looks great.
Thanks for watching. I appreciate your comment!
George glad you are ok, congrats on the pond. Shooing those rifles over 50 yards is an amazing duel.
And a dual those old peep sighted remingtons are capable of. Thanks for your comment, and thank you for watching!
Glad you are ok. Great update on the pond.
Looking great George! So jealous of the range and pond. Glad you still have both eyes, we don't want you to have any more excuses for your misses! LOL
Haha! I tried to keep an excuse or two at the ready. You never know when they'll come in handy. Great to hear from you, Keith!
Love your range! Very nice 😊
Thanks! 😊
Thanks, George. Glad you weren't hurt. Safety glasses are always good for shooting and working with power tools or chemicals.
Everything looks great, George!
Thanks!
Counterbored cylinders are a holdover from the days of balloon head cases. The counterbore was to help prevent exactly the type of case failure you've shown. It's easy to forget that we still have a cartridge that would benefit from that procedure. Of course, rifles are supposed to have their own gas control system.
Good reminder for one and all. 👍
P.S. My brother once had a 32 H&R revolver. Traded it off because it was splitting cases. Found some of that ammo, and very interesting - noted several of the cases had split lengthwise just from sitting in the box all these years. The brass was too hard (not malleable). I'm thinking that particular lot of 22 might have the same issue????
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Thanks for the warning about safety glasses. Back in the 70's my dad had a ca. 1 acre Michigan pond that was 12 feet deep. There was a small creek that ran through it. He dumped in fathead minnows, perch, bluegills, and about 500 rainbow trout fingerlings. We fed the trout food pellets and the creek supplied giant amounts of tiny creek minnows. The first year it was fantastic. The second year almost every fish died during the winter.
Good advice, wear your safety glasses, always when shooting.😊😊😊❤
Wow! Last summer had a case rim rupture on a CCI Standard Velocity case. Contacted CCI and they wanted to see the remaining ammo from that box and that purchased the same date, time and place. They paid shipping and sent replacement ammo of the 300 or so rounds. After their inspection they concluded it was a single case issue. I have never seen that in any of the 150,000 or so CCI rimfire rounds Ive used over the past 40 years. Fired it in a Ruger American Rimfire Target. It sent debris into the rifle that required a complete disassembly and reassembly. This rifle is about 2 years old and has 11,000+ (keep track) rounds of CCI SV and about 500 misc other through it. Luckily the rifle is still as good as ever and I only caught a little debris on my arm. Enjoyed this one! Take care!
Thanks for sharing that experience! Sounds like CCI did the right thing!
Nice range set up. You just reminded me that I need to contact my hatchery for some forage fish as well.
Good stuff, glad you're ok! Hope I get the invitation to come fish in a couple years!
How about I share some pics and video instead😉 Seriously, thanks for watching and commenting!
The range looks great!
Thanks!
Range is amazing. Hard work pays off!
Nice range. Glad you’re OK.
Glad you're back George. When I was doing Cowboy Action Shooting my low-powered .45 Colt loads wouldn't seal the chamber of my Marlin 1894 and I would get blow-back in my face. An interesting result of that blowback; I was getting so much carbon buildup in the mag tube that the follower jammed in the tube---during a match! So now, my cleaning routine includes cleaning the mag tube. I've purchased a number of used guns that had a lot of rust in the mag tube because the previous owner(s) didn't clean and protect the mag tube. Cheers.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Roy. And like you, I have found some mighty dirty magtubes in my lifetime
Thankful you weren't injured. Thank you.
You are welcome! Thank you for watching.
Great lesson, thank you. What an awesome range and friend you have there.
Yes sir! It's nice when you're adult kids are also your best friends!
Range looks incredible! Shot myself in the ankle as a teenager many moons ago with a 22lr. I was much younger and admittedly naive back then. Was breaking down a Ruger Mark 1 that I was sure was empty and BAM! That was a hard lesson I'll never forget. Thankfully I healed up well with no serious debilitating injury. Thanks for sharing your experience and sage advice. Again, love the range upgrades.
Thanks! I appreciate you sharing your "adventure" as well. I'm sure glad that one worked out well for you. It could have been a reminder you had to live with every day.
Range is looking good. Glad your eye didn’t get peppered. We’re all guilty of not wearing some safety stuff. Especially those of us who have been shooting decades before the safety push started.
Well said! Thanks for the comment!
Hey man, love the video. I guess, we all are guilty of that. Glasses fogging up during a heated competition, you take them off for the last shot or two. Even though we all know better, we do stuff like that. Your experience makes me think twice now, before I do it. Thanks for sharing! ... and, beautiful range!
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I sure hope you’re retired because that spread of yours is way too gorgeous to be away from for 8 + hours. I hope you’re able to enjoy it from dusk till dawn. Thanks for the plinking video, especially with the Remington 512. I just recently acquired a 512 that once belonged to my father that was in my Uncle’s possession. I was lucky enough to take ownership of it. It is actually the first rifle I ever shot other than a Daisy BB gun. Needless to say, it has a lot of sentimental value. There’s a scrub oak in AR that’s probably got 150 lbs of lead in it from me plinking around with that gun in the late 60’s. Love the channel George. Keep up the good work and the great content.
Thanks for your comment! What a treat to get that gun back in your possession. So many family heirlooms get lost from one generation to the next. Now, get out there and shoot it. As for my situation here with a farm, I am blessed beyond measure!
I’m hooked, my favorite channel. Ty Mark Chambers
Thanks, Mark! I appreciate that!
Been a while since I dropped in but I noticed the old Remingtons and had to get Dad's Model 510 Targetmaster out of the gun cabinet while I watched. Feels good in the hands again. Great job on your range improvements! Worth a sub from me to see more of what's coming.
Thanks fer sharing the info. on the 22 round & the range/targets look GREAT & the pond & under-water footage looked cool too.
Range looks great. Nothing like ringing steel!
Amen! Thanks for watching and commenting!
hey there! thanks for sharing your experience, recently about 5 months ago I had a very similar incident happen with my Rossi model 62. like you it made more safety conscious and I can say its worth wearing PPE. cheers!
Thanks for sharing your experience, and thanks for watching!
Great video as always, your one of Best 😊😊
Thank you!
Glad there wasn't any injuries with separated case. Quality Control isn't as good now with some ammo companies. Depending on weather & temps that Florida strain may grow pretty quick. Nice job on pond & range. Take care. 👍🙏🎯🎣
Thanks!
Looks like it’s all coming together George , the range looks good and the pond and shortly within a few years, you’ll have your own food supply, that’s actually a very good thing, take care My Friend I’m glad you were not hurt in the mishap.
Thanks, Hans! I always appreciate your comments!
It was a " not again please" moment for many of us , thank God that was not a ,50 cal. you were shooting. Great job with the pond and the fish, I've been watching the progress, congratulations!
Thank you for your comment! And yes it could have been much worse!
Beautiful range!
Glad you're ok. Range looks inviting.
Good video and great advice! Glad that you're okay! I once had a case separation when using my very first Ruger 22LR Standard pistol back in the 70's. It blew the extractor and other small pieces off the bolt and the cartridge rim settled in the palm area of my right thumb. I was shooting left hand with my right hand supporting. Ammo used was CCI Stinger. I had fired about three magazines just fine when the case separation occurred. Came as quite a surprise, to say the least.
Wow! Thanks for sharing your experience.
Glad you didn't lose your eye! 👍
The range looks great and so does the pond; I'm envious.
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It's great to see you again. Once again it is surprising the commonnality of firearms you and I have. My brother has a Model 511 with a peep sight our dad bought in the early 1950s. I have a 510 single shot I purchased in 1984. I refinished it and mounted a 4-12 scope. It was used for .22 rifle silhouette matches out to 100 yards. It still is my go to squirrel rifle. I have story about a Ruger New Model Single Six I would like to share with you. Let me know how to get it to you.
You can email me at targetsuite@gmail.com
@redrider 7730That's a great story! And by the way, I think you made a good trade. Now, get that old Remington out and go have some fun!
The range looks great!! I first noticed the plates on the posts down the right side. That is a great layout. As for the eye - yes, you can never be too careful. I try my best to use safety glasses and a lot of times I use my regular glasses but they tend to get in the way when shooting from a bench. I'm heading out tomorrow to work on my dove field range. We've laid out a 200 yard shot across the field, but I have to clean out some sections of my wind rows (tomorrow's work) and I have to build a back stop. The pond you have looks really great.
Thanks! Sounds like you've got a great project ahead, with great rewards!
I'm glad your eye is OK. Another safety precaution many folks ignored in days gone by was hearing protection. I suffer from tinnitus & hearing loss likely exacerbated by shooting without it in the past.
Thanks for your comment. When I was still a teenager I used to take my Remington 760 to work. Across the street from Delta Steel Buildings in the Dallas area was a Winchester shooting range. I would take that 270 over there and shoot a box of ammo two or three times a week. Each week I couldn't wait to get through the first two or three rounds because it took that much for my ears to quit hurting with each shot. I had no idea how much damage I was doing to my hearing at that young age. I'm really fortunate to be able to hear anything.
...and Rock music and loud cars and motor cycles and war....
Very nice range improvements!
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Love the shooting range. Beautiful pond.
Great reminder that even modern firearms & ammunition can and do fail. Just this weekend I experienced a primer cup failure that released gas back into the action on my LWRC SPR using commercial Winchester white box target ammunition. Fortunately no harm done to me or my rifle but a serious wake up call for eye protection at all times.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
Glad everything turned out ok George! Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome. Thank you for watching!
I was once at the range and was having trouble seeing the target with my sunglasses on, due to lighting conditions. I was working with a known good load and thought it would be fine to take them off for a couple shots. I got a popped primer on the very next shot (probably because the brass was old and maybe the primer pockets were loose). I'd never had a popped primer with that rifle, even with 1,000s of rounds down the pipe. Anyway, I didn't get sprayed in the eyes with gas but, if the firearm design were different, I could have been. It really highlighted the importance of taking safety seriously all the time. The one time you let your guard down could be the unlucky time you needed that safety equipment.
Really I really appreciate your comment. It's amazing how many stories have been shared here in the comments. It's really a testimony to how dangerous it is to shoot without eye protection.
A very nice setup on the range. After a few years of adding stuff to the range, it needs to be reorganized and upgraded. Maybe this summer or next eye will get a round tuit.🤩 I need to set up a cowboy action layout for practice. In cowboy action shooting, if you are near the firing line, it is not uncommon to get hit with ricochets several times per day.
I've got a few of those "tuit's laying a-round as well😉
The range is very nice 👍
I am jealous.
Glad you didn’t get hurt.
Thank you! It was a sobering experience. And I am thankful to have lived to tell about it with both eyes intact.
Love the pond updates!!
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Glad you're OK and I love the new range! Looking forward to the vids!
Another great video George It was good to see Austin on a video.Tell Malory hello from me. I have a Remington 512 with standard sights. They are great rifles. Good luck with the fish pond. Good safety talk !!!
Thanks Chris! I appreciate the comment and will definitely tell Mal hello.
Very solid advice. Glad to see you back in one piece and all the improvements look great.
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First of all I'm glad your ok George and you two did some great shooting. Good luck with the Lake and it looks awesome. Thanks for the video ,Slim
Thanks for watching slim! Are always appreciate your comments.
The range looks awesome
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The Range looks Very Good!
Well Done!
I've had a 22lr break an extractor, from a hi charge. It only takes 1 time to lose an eye.
Christ bless!
Thanks! I appreciate that.
That's what I miss so much about "back east" in the woods.
Forty years (or a bit more) ago I had a Browning BDA 45. This was a SIG 220 with Browning's name on it. I liked it a lot - until the day it exploded. The culprit was an overcharged commercial round. When it went off, the frame cracked the barrel split and a jet of hot gas mixed with plastic fragments hit me in the face. Fortunately I always wore oversized prescription glasses with tough lenses. The result was singed eyebrows and hair and small fragments of the plastic grips in my forehead. But my eyes were fine. I'm glad that your eyes are fine too.
Unfortunately, when I first started shooting I didn't appreciate the importance of hearing protection. I can still hear but I do say "huh!" a lot.
I never saw a rimfire case separate like the one you showed.
Wow! You really dodged a bullet there, pardon the pun! And yes I too have that high frequency loss. But it was not from shooting 22 ammo out of long barrel rifles. It was from a lot of Centerfire and shotgun shooting without any ear protection.
@@TargetSuite A Ruger Security-Six was the primary culprit with an assist from a Bonanza Co-Ax press and an old Speer manual from that era. Back then the load data was pressure tested by looking at fired primers. It is amazing how conservative the data became after the companies got pressure testing gear.
Good shooting, the range looks great. The fish pond is exciting, thanks for taking us there.
As for the eye issue, when I started shooting formally in 1974, we were taught NOT to wear any glasses other than prescription glasses. We were wannebe police officers taking community collage classes, and were even discouraged from wearing sunglasses during the day unless they were prescription. Fast forward 20 years and I was a serving peace officer. By now we were wearing hearing protection but eye pro still wasn't required. I did usually wear sun glasses on-duty and while shooting. I read an article testing various brands of eye protection in a shooting magazine and then spotted "the winner" on sale, which I immediately bought. For some reason that I do not remember, I made a special trip to the range to test fire my duty weapon. It was the very first time I used my new eye protection. One of the first ejected cases came back striking the right lens (protecting my dominant eye) with enough force to scar the lens! This might have caused enough of an injury to effect my chosen career; one ejected casing during a career of shooting hundreds of rounds a month.
I immediately retired that pair of eye protection to my garage for use in my yard, replaced them with a new pair without a scar over my dominant eye, and then bought more of the same product to give away as Christmas presents to my shooting buddies. Wear eye protection! When shooting, when working in the garage or yard.
Thanks for sharing your One in a Million experience!
Looks fantastic
Your range is stunning. I’m green. Well done. As far as the safety thing, yep, been there done that. I did not become “safety conscious “ until I was drafted in 1969, and then only applied to hearing protection. Eye protection did not appear on my radar until many years later
I joined in 1970. So, I'm guessing we are very close to the same age and grew up in an era when folks didn't wear glasses or hearing protection. We're definitely in a different time these days when on "slip" could get you castigated on social media😉
Thank you. I confess that I needed the reminder.
Glad to help😉
Wow, that is a rare event! Some months back, I was fiddling with a cheapo Daisy .22 auto (don’t even recall where I got it) and found out it can be fired out of battery. The hand I had under the cheap plastic magazine stung pretty good. I did find the parts of the mag - except the spring, which I replaced with a 79 cent spring from Ace Hardware. Reminds us to respect even the lowly .22LR.
Very happy there was no serious injury to you. The pond really adds something I had not considered. Well done! Your range inspires jealousy in me; it is great. I have to drive 72 miles (round trip) to shoot.
Thanks! And yes, the pond is a centerpiece for the property. My dad and I added that back in the early 90s. It has been a great source of fun and relaxation over the last 30 years.
looks good. All of it.
Range looks Great George! Weird occurance with the 22lr. I guess it is just a 1 in a million kind of thing. Pond looks great as well. Nice job with the fish!
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That is a great looking range and pond you have my friend . Would be a pleasure to shoot and fish there . A couple camp sites in a couple years and you will have more friends than most . Lol You need a couple kyl " know your limits" sets , fridge , BBQ grill and you will be spending all day down there . Maby even get the wife to come down for awhile (you might have to bribe her with a fish fry) .👍👍👍🍻🍻🍻
The grill is a great idea. I'm upgrading here at my home in Texas and plan to bring the offset smoker I've been using to the farm. But I hadn't thought about setting it up down at the range. That would be fantastic! Thanks again for the tip!
Not only do I appreciate your input and your humour. I thoroughly enjoy your perspective. Like you I am an avid shooter and hunter a genuine conservationist like your self. Keep doing the great work. Here in Scotland we are not able to set up our own range or enjoy the freedom to just go shoot without belonging to a managed and approved club certified by the authorities. I do envy your freedom. I am considering moving Tennessee. Your pond looks marvellous to see how you love your land nature and your shooting sport Makes my day better. Your adventures often make me smile.
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Thank you, Cailein! I really appreciate your comment. And it's great to hear from my shooting brothers and sisters across the pond. I was in your neck of the woods several years ago on vacation with the family. We sure loved Scotland!
Been a little leery about ammo the last few years, as I have purchased a lot of ammo brands that I have never purchased before, because it was all that is available. Plus I think the ammo manufacturers were pumping ammo out many a little too fast trying to catch up and maybe some quality suffered. Glad you still have the peepers. Range looks great
I had the same thing happen to me with my dads old Remington 22 bolt action about 5 years ago. I didn’t know what happened at first. I didn’t have safety glasses on either. Was lucky.
Ps, the range looks great.
Thanks for sharing your experience! I'm glad everything worked out okay.
My dumb mistake, so you know you’re not alone. I was sighting in a 270 pump and a 7mm mag bolt at the same time. Forgot my safety glasses. Went ahead anyway. Accidentally loaded a 270 round into the 7 mag. The round fired, but blew back a shard of shell casing into my eye. ER doctor pulled it out and said, “Dude, protect your eyes!!” No long term damage. I was super lucky. Lesson learned. Now if I forget my safety glasses, I turn around and go home.
Wow! Of all the stories shared in this thread yours has to be the worst. And yet, it all worked out in the end.
The range looks like a target rich environment! Lol!
Haha! Yes!
I saw the thumbnail and instantly remembered back to when I was a kid and the time I had a old 22lr case rupture in my Grandads Remington Target master 512. It shot a ring of old oil and crud out the back of the bolt and left a circle of gunk on my glasses lens and stung my eyebrow a little.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I hope it didn't temper your love for that great old Remington 512😉
Very nice range.
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Range looks great. You were lucky
Very fortunate!
Hi George, the range looks awesome! 👍 Your range would be a look of fun to spend a day shooting at! That under water footage of the freeing the minnows was cool! Glad you didn't get hurt George with your shooting incident. Like you I couldn't even begin to say how many times I went hunto with 22's and no eye or ear protection. But it only takes one time.
Thank you, Terry! I appreciate your support and your comments! If you're ever in the neighborhood . . .
loved the range and the pond stocking is awsome and on the other stuff happens and glad your all rite and nothing terible came of it
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That range looks good I wish I had one
Thanks! I still have a few things in the works. If they come through, you'll certainly recognize the additions😉
The range is awesome !👍👍🇺🇸✌🏻🙏🏽😎 glad you are ok. I ate a ricochet out of a 44 magnum, In shrapnel pieces that hit a not so good type target ( salt block ) and almost took out my windpipe, teeth , and I looked like a shotgun hit me from calf to forehead . My eyes were saved by my forearms recoiling upwards Lesson learned the hard way, but I made the shot. 25 years old then , and you can insert what ever age you want for me now. Paint it Black was. #1 on the top 40. lol. Several Whitetail succumbed to that revolver over time. Yep, still have it too.
Wow, you guys are sharing some fantastic tails of survival. And I get the painted black reference. You are old like me😃 and you still have some of your original Hardware! That's awesome!
@@TargetSuite Painted black. Is that a song about painting targets? ...Eye see a red one and Eye want it painted black...No colors anymore Eye want them painted black, painted black.....