[cyclotic]

Wow. Only wish this would have happened to another guy recently

[ThunderSleeps]

I would expect a professional publication on firearms to know the difference between a muzzle loader and a far more common bolt action rifle...

Still, this is one reason you always wear eye protection...

[Dusty Road]

That’s not a Muzzle Loader.

[Red Badger]

That doesn’t look like a ‘muzzle loader’...................

[faucetman]

Having done this with a shotgun, dirt/mud in the end of the barrel, with a similar result, this one happened at the shooter end of the barrel. This tells me the barrel was blocked by a previous load or too much powder.

My guess is a previously loaded charge.

[Tenacious 1]

For Later

[Delta 21]

I’m still not sure what caused it, and we don’t want to speculate on anything without knowing details. All we know is that things like this happen,

Like this kind of random thing just crops up out of no where, sneaks up your ass and there is no protection from it?

HEY DUMBASS. Dont poke the gun barrel into the ground before you shoot it!

[AlaskaErik]

Since when does a muzzleloader have a bolt action?

[Yo-Yo]

Appears to be a Remington 700 muzzleloader.

https://www.remington.com/rifles/muzzleloading