Bullet exploded in Remington 597

That was funny and scary at the same time :-)))) But I love that gun, probably some defective ammo.

[@saxonforge]

The ammo has a defective case and blows off the head on ignition sending gasses back at your face. Has just happened to me for the first time in almost 30 years of shooting. Got a brick of Rem yellow jackets which I always use and the new batch has done this 4 times out of about 200. Its the ammo for certain, lucky its only a 22 because its very loud and hot.

[@NORTHBROOK1978]

My wife's 597 has done this twice now. Rips the primer cap off leaving the case. Chambers another round shaving the bullet down. The boom. Blows the extractor out. I'm taking it completely apart and checking the chamber with gage pins and calibers. It's the only thing I can blame. Two completely different brand names of ammo both times. It's had 1000's of rounds through it over the last 15+ years. Probably not even going to waste my money fixing it. New barrel. New extractor. I'll just get her something else. Sadly we love it. I love mine. Both are tack drivers.

[@arambch]

Same thing happened to me a couple of months ago. It blew out the extractor and the ten round magazine. I had a new bolt assembly from remington which came in handy. If you just got the gun, call or email remington. They will take care of it, if your gun is still under warranty.

[@GiorgosC-rp5ms]

that could of went bad its them mags

[@dynamokiev1]

@CatfishingChris Thank you. Will do that next time.

[@dynamokiev1]

@JBjeter17 Agreed, defective ammo

[@Team118118]

@Dtank1771 yes there is supposed to be a hole in the bottom of the bolt.That was how i pried the factory extractor out when i replaced it with a high grade steel aftermarket one.I havent fired it since replaceing the extractor.Ordered mine through Brownells.Good luck

[@chadj79]

This happened to me using a Remington 597 with a factory metal magazine and remington golden bullets. It had enough power to blow out the bottom of the mag. I switched to CCI mini mag .22 ammo which has a wax coating for better excratcion and keep the gun well cleaned and lubed in hopes it doesn't happen again.

[@dynamokiev1]

@raptorstanley I was using FIOCCHI, not a good ammo at all.

[@raceman956]

Happen to me with Remington Golden Bullet in a Ruger 22/45 pistol the primer end of the case came off during ejecting process and left case in chamber causing the round to load explode and damaged the loaded chamber indcator

[@paradiseroad6405]

...looks like a double feed with the second round hitting the rim of the first round and setting it off with the breech open...

[@CatfishingChris]

I used to have a 597. I saved all the boxs of ammo i had got for it. and after i sold it i looked through it all and blasted 112k rounds over the coarse of time. I never had this to happen with it. BUT i did learn they are picky about having a clean bolt face around the firing pin.Makes all the difference. Also,get some fine steel wool and polish the rods the springs rides on. makes all the difference. they also love the CCI Mini-Mag ammo.

[@dynamokiev1]

@jerm24x1 It happend only this time, and thats it. As of now.

[@rustedangel666]

I don't think it was the ammo at all, it seems like a feeding problems and I attribute that to the magazine. It could be an extraction problem too.

[@dynamokiev1]

@alecbh13 I clean my gun really good, take apart and everything. I hope it will not happen again.

[@jerm24x1]

I had it happen twice in one day. Was using Winchester 555 ammo. Blew apart two magazines. :-( Did it ever happen again????

[@Dtank1771]

that same thing just happened to my 597 and blew out the extractor and i took apart and there is a whole in the bottom of the bolt. is there supposesed to be a whole and where can i get parts

[@Jesse06tc]

This just happen to me like 10mins ago!

[@pac6010]

You can tell just by the sound (or at least I can lol) that the ammo was the problem. Didn't have enough punch behind it.

[@ChicoZDog]

What ammo were you using?

[@raptorstanley]

Hi what ammo were you using??

[@semtech30]

semi auto's don't like the longer hollow points. Using solid or round nose will prevent this jamming.

[@WickedVolvo]

This is the second time I've seen this happen... both cases they had that some magazine. Could be a coincidence though.

[@WCA35]

What kind of ammo were you shooting?

[@nvader88]

I have a ruger 10/22 and had the exact same thing happen to me. Not sure why, but I have since put 500 or so rounds through it and no problems. Scared the crap out of me though.

[@7311256]

Ну чуваки, вы приколисты :-)

[@dynamokiev1]

@Rottmad It happend to me only once. Its a great gun. I believe its ammo.

[@dl1fy]

It's not the ammo! It just happened to me after 300 rounds through the gun since new. Problem is that the trigger will engage with the bolt pulled back as much as 1/4" or even a bit more. If anything keeps the bolt from getting all the way forward, the round will be held to the bolt face and it will fire! Without the support of the chamber you'll get a blowout just like the guy in the video. Wear your shooting glasses like I did! I contacted Remington about this...

[@fingersoup]

Not being smartalic - but how could you tell it was a squib? I couldn't hear any difference in the 2nd to last shots and the ones before it.

[@jesselopez1637]

Happened to me case was split at the rim very loud

[@JBjeter17]

Looks like a defective round to be honest, but there are always problems with any types of .22 rounds you can buy.

[@Rottmad]

Sooo, let me get this straight, all you guys who had this happening to you where also using the Remington 597 ?? Please let me know, I really like to buy this gun, but I wont if there is an issue with the mechanism...

[@Black12345Hawk]

Like others this Exact same thing happened to me twice!, Blew extractor and mag out and cracked shitty plastic receiver.Mine was clean as a whistle aswell.Brought a marlin 795 and never looked back

[@faceindisguise85]

@Rottmad do not buy this gun... i bought one got it home took it apart to find that the entire inner workings of the gun are made of plastic. guns are not suppose to be made of plastic!! my first trip up north i took it to a gravel pit to do some shooting and before i even put 1 magazine though it the firing pin broke. i sent it to Remington and they did fix it, but a brand new gun shouldnt have to be serviced. i sold it to gander mountain and bought a ruger 10/22

[@alecbh13]

Looks like an out of battery discharge, try cleaning the chamber area and bolt face well. Keep your gun's action clean!

[@nathancluckey2794]

its not the ammo its the gun same thing happened to me but with the 17 hmr round caused damage to my ears a bit and blew up my gun

[@VicariousReality7]

What the hell man, that sucks

[@faceindisguise85]

@TheyxSeexMexTrollin bought from Dicks sporting goods, the 597 new cost $189. So i encourage anybody to spend the extra few dollars and buy a quality rifle.

[@caseyreavis]

0:11 he puts on his "what the fuck" face...

[@dynamokiev1]

@kimjeremiassen It did scared crap out of me, video says it all :-)))

[@battlebornarms3687]

Happend to me also and im a leftie shooter so got very small shrapnel hitting my face thankfully i wad actually wearing glasses that day

[@mahmudabdollahi]

Is remington 597 made in usa?

[@trigun890]

i had a batch of ammo do that they put twice the amount of powder in the round i shot them all cause they were haling ass. they had to be shooting 1800 fps with 40 grains top i can see the bullet with 1260 fps but i couldn't even see these.

[@MARZ1911]

Squib load?

[@pnotuner1]

The bullets were not firing fully and probably one jammed in the barrel. The next round then blew out the breach. You have to pay attention to the sound of your shots. You need to use better or newer ammo. Dispose of old ammo instead of trying to use up every last bullet.

[@steelpot994]

that happened to me the back of the round blew off and shot all sorts of crap at my right eye, and made my ears ring, but no damage to the gun or myself

[@dynamokiev1]

Thanks God, nothing serious happened.

[@pnotuner1]

It happened to me also. I had some poorly stored ammo with green tarnish on the casing. It didn't seat all the way and fired out the side of the casing. I was in a range cubicle so shrapnel bounced off the wall into my face. thankfully I had my eyes and ears protected. The extractor was AWOL. I cleaned it well, replaced the Extractor with VQ and chucked the ammo. ( I couldn't see the Tarnish with my eyes, but it showed up in a digital photo.)

[@DrMichaelMillerPhD]

"Incomplete Ejections", ... Many are due to lack of Lubricant on the single pin Rim Eject Tang. Feel it by hand, Lube & Cycle by hand a fer times. Same with the Duel Guide Rods for the Bolt Slide ... LUBE & CYCLE ... Otherwise, ... ... "DRY & DIE". BOOM !

[@BlakMayo44]

The magazines made for these are cheaply made, so it is possible.

[@brobra41]

doesn't surprise me, I own a 597, worst gun I own and Remington ammo isn't much better

[@BlakMayo44]

Good choice haha

[@faceindisguise85]

@TheyxSeexMexTrollin 10/22 is a way superior gun... i have a hard time calling the 597 a gun... its made all of plastic. i bought a 597, i had to sell it because it was a disgrace to my gun collection.

[@gdjbgdjg]

hhaha that gunsucks

[@MrDrThickoch]

Lesson learned, stay the hell away from remington rimfire bullshit ammo. They used to make some of the best, seems pretty stupid of them to sacrifice quality on their biggest selling round.

[@panama-canada]

Remington totally disgraced itself. The quality fell through the floor. And the GM said he doesn't consider Canada as a viable market. I'm not gonna buy anything of Remington now.

[@BlakMayo44]

Cheaper than dirt [dot] com

[@AugsterA]

I have the very exact same rifle that came with a scope as well. My 597 has functioned flawlessly. Just fired it today as a matter of fact. So far so good.

[@elc5sd]

Yep shitty Winchester sub sonic ammo nearly lost my eye and hearing ..... Blew extractor pin plunger And spring out... Use only Remington ammo now much cleaner than super x and Eley subs

[@serenegreene6984]

Subsonic loads in a semi auto.....1st mistake..........Not hearing the squib.....2nd mistake.....Both due to inexperience.

[@Mylifeismydick]

Russia.

[@reneg1366]

Clean ur guns people!, totally unavoidable by cleaning ur firearms 🙄