.222 fired from .223 rifle

[skeeter@ccia.com]

Now I pride myself in keeping boxes of ammo seperate so this does not happen. I also check the boxes of ammo at the shop when I buy a new box to make sure that is what is inside the labeled box. I open them...I look at the back of the cartridge and read...Now I don't know if some smart a?? tried something 'funny' or it was just a mistake of maybe someone looking at the difference in the 222 and 223 and by mistake put in wrong box but this is what happened. I loaded my .223 at the range and all is well...fired about 1/2 a box when I fired what sounded a whole lot diffenent than the usual and took the blast past the bolt right on the cheek under the eye....good thing I use a see through mount...sometimes I need to take a close shot and scope is too much.....after looking at the cartridge, I seen this was the only .222 in the box of .223....It loaded fine...Now I read the back of every round in the box for one.....now the question is what if any damage did it do to the rifle?...blow back?...I don't see anything wrong with it and in fact have fired another round out of it to make sure it works....did this from a distance too...so let this be information as to help someone else avoid the same.....whew...all is well now..

[Gotcha!]

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[Lycanthrope]

You're fine. The pressure was lower than normal in this case.


I saw a .40 run out a .45 one time. You could see the bullet in flight, but the case split the entire length.

[Jack]

I very much doubt you did any damage to the rifle.
I'd give the chamber a cleaning, tho- you'll have some burnt powder residue in there.
And, you might wanna take the bolt apart and clean it, too- some of the bits that came back towards you may have ended up there.
Also a good reminder for everyone as to why you should always wear shooting glasses.

[Cal Sibley]

I own a couple of .222Rems as well as a .222Rem. Mag. One day I took both a .222Rem. and my .222Rem.Mag. to the range with me. I fired a .222Rem. in my .222Rem.Mag. It didn't do any real damage, but when I extracted it that was the longest necked .222Rem. you'll ever see. At the time I had about 25 years of reloading experience so I guess you're never so experienced you can't make mistakes. That one I'm not too proud of admitting. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal