Had my first ever .22 LR case rim separation

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I was putting my nightly quota of .22 LR through my suppressed FN 502 in the garage and had this case rim separation on a round of Winchester Wildcat 22.

I’ve had it happen a couple of times on centerfire ammo and heard of it with .22, but in my lifetime, I must have shot 10’s of thousands of .22 LR, definitely more than any other single caliber. I got peppered with some debris and my ears are still ringing, but no real harm done. I’ve gotten in the habit of just wearing my AirPods with the active noise cancellation feature and they easily handle the 110 or so decibels produced with the can in place. But this was probably about as loud as an unsuppressed round through the FN.

Anyone else encounter this? And how common is it? I’m thinking pretty uncommon.View attachment 764306View attachment 764307View attachment 764308

Tom, I have had the exact same separation of a 22 case with the exact same ammo! After calling Winchester, they told me there was a recall because of a few being double charged. They sent me a call tag, picked up the 8 Bricks I had and replaced it all with fresh ammo. Originally they wanted to send me a check, but I would not accept that because this occurred right at the height of an ammo shortage and I was unable to find any. They did send 8 new Bricks out.