New furniture and spring came in Wed. morning - so I got everything together after work and headed to the range. The first round was a big surprise...I switched the gas plug before heading out, thinking I put in the schuster adjustable, but actually put in another regular one. I was mildly surprised for a millisecond when the brass ejected unexpectedly.
My surprise escalated to panic when it bounced off the wall in my stall and into my hoodie! I jumped up and proceeded to dance the hot brass shuffle. It jiggled over to the left side of my neck, and into my shirt. I was left with a main burn and blister on the side of my neck where it first hit bare skin, and smaller lesser burn spots as it made it's way inside my shirt, and down along my skin. As luck would have it, the path it traced perfectly along my left shoulder pocket. What luck! I've had hot brass get in my collar from the marine next to me before, but never this perfect.
I shoot primarily left handed, and so I switched to righty. I'm pretty ambidextrous at most things, shooting included, with just enough advantage to favor lefty shooting, so I don't think I gave the rifle it's due attention. A friend joined me, and put 5 rounds on paper, first round a flyer then ~2 inch group of 4 rounds. So I'm optimistic. I'll take it again next week.