when the primer blows a big gust of gas is forced wherever it can go, usually the easiest path
depending on the rifle to how much comes at your face/eyes some makes control it better than others but it is better to have it channelled away from your face and into the mag well, sometimes its bad enough to burst the timber around the mag and distort everything in that area
it can wreck triggers and on push feeds usually the ejector button will be knackered,
you can have indents on the case with a good amount of carbon soot down the case
this photo shows from the left 2 x 308 cases that were shot in a 30-06 chamber both were push feeds and the bolts were ruined, note the small indent on the middle case at where the shoulder should be
the case on the right is a 9.3 x 62mm shot in a 375 H&H chamber, it only shot because the rifle was a mauser 98 and the claw extractor held it in place, the primer did not blow and the bolt was not ruined, the m98 was able to keep shooting
this is what the primer pockets from the 308 cases look like
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