I had a little boo boo with an old J. Stevens little Scout. First, a little backstory. My grandpa passed away 2 years ago and this was one of the guns we found stashed in the couch after a few visits to his home. Its a small, single shot, kid sized .22 rifle. After it was found, my sister let her 8 year old son shoot it. No big deal. After several rounds one of the brass casings actually separate from the rim. It scared him half to death. I wasn't there so when I found out, I started reading up on the gun and that happening. I found 8 or 10 instances of that happening and they were with different models of guns. One thing was common and every one of them was using Remington golden bullets. Fast forward to this weekend. I'm up in Michigan doing some spring cleaning at the property and figured id bring the little scout with me and try it out and see if it was a fluke deal. I loaded it with Remington thunderbolts and got 7 shots through without incident. The 8th shot, not so much. BANG!!!! Luckily I was wearing glasses, however, I was being a dummy and not wearing earplugs. That was a mistake. The shell did the same thing and separated from the rim. I still had the case and the rim but something flew out and smoked me in the forehead. Sadly, I have decided that this little guy is going to get one good last cleaning, oiled up and be displayed at the house one way or another.
Here's the case:
Here's the chamber with the hammer and block? Pulled down
Here's the block up and the hammer pulled back.
Hammer and block up
Tis merely a flesh wound.
It took a solid 24-36 hours before my ears completely stopped ringing. Even with "just" a .22 it's always wise to wear your eyes and ears.
Here's the case:
Here's the chamber with the hammer and block? Pulled down
Here's the block up and the hammer pulled back.
Hammer and block up
Tis merely a flesh wound.
It took a solid 24-36 hours before my ears completely stopped ringing. Even with "just" a .22 it's always wise to wear your eyes and ears.