Gas deflection in Mosin nagant action?

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xnaerughiazk

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On a Case separation or pierced primer in Mosin?

I don't see any gas deflection in the Mosin bolt, does it just come back into your face?

I've had pierced primers and gas blow back in other guns and thankfully all but one commercial rifle deflected the gases to the outside or into the magazine. The one that didn't was a cheap 22 bolt and I was lucky but even getting that eye full of gas was enough to drive home where's my shooting glasses. Damn am I lucky I'm not blind.

I'm looking at this Mosin bolt and action and it looks like a good amount is going to follow the bolt right back into my face and eyes.

On a hunting rifle the idea of always wearing shooting glasses doesn't sound like something I'm going to do consistently.
 
Personally wearing eye protection when hunting makes sense, not just because of a pierced primer, but because accidents happen, have been dusted with bird shot from a grouse/pheasant hunter who was not aware I was in the immediate area and even though I was far enough in the trees and sufficient distance away for the shot to only sting , pellets did bounce off my glasses.

Even with rifles that have a gas block or venting as part of the design, wearing glasses is only sensible because case ruptures/over pressure and out of battery firing and even metalurgical failure can happen and something between your eyes and hot gasses/flying metal is a good thing.
 
I've got a carcano 6.5 and said the same to myself after viewing the mosin, where is the standards of modern bolt guns for blown primers and such, because modern bolts have various methods to control blown primers and excess pressures.

Now when we consider bolt guns how about lever actions like the 336 or 94 etc are they any more or less problematic than a mosin, carcano bolt guns for blinding you?

Having had hot gas in my face a few times, it got me wondering, old gun, surplus (who knows how stored, quality) ammo? where's my welding mask?

Two years ago when sighting in a ruger m77, I pulled the trigger on an old rem factory round and the smoke rolled out of the magazine, the gas cutting on the face of the bolt, was too noticeable to forget that it created molten metal.

I guess I'm saying "Sally didn't wear her safety glasses now she doesn't need them".
 
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