As far as eye protection "Thats a big ten-four good buddy" I now wear glasses full time, I was really glad for the poly carbonite lenses.
I'm not to worried about having another gun of the same make. I will take the nipple out of the next one before I shoot it and check the threads with a tap and die to make sure of proper fittment. Hell I'll take it out at Sportsmans to make sure it's all right before I take the gun home.
My Dad and I were talking about the events that lead up to it. When we fired a few caps of to dry out the barrel, we were getting alot of flash out the front of the hammer/nipple like the were not quit lined up right. I didn't find this out of the ordinary though, each time I put a new nipple on my T/C I have to file the nipple just a bit to insure a tight fit between the hammer and nipple. I used a fingernail file and made a few passes on the nipple and it seemed to take care of the issue. We were thinking that the nipple may have been cross threaded from the factory and that is what may have caused it to come apart.