.308 gone bad!?
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Your post doesn't seem to make much sense
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I suspect it was somewhere along the lines of the U.S army of making the transition from 30-06 to .308. The few 30-06 rifles left, if by chance during combat, had a .308 round inserted into them, would still fire, without harm coming to the rifle or the user.
i think idcurrie was merely saying just cuz ya can, doesn't mean ya should...
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I picked up 2 similar cases some years ago, I figured that the guy fired some .308 Win in his .308 Norma Magnum, because the bases were swollen into an almost "belted" configuation; and .308NM was the only cartridge I thought anyone could make such a mistake without being a total moron.
The thing that impressed me the most was that the cases hadn't failed, and showed signs of actually gas sealing....
The thing that impressed me the most was that the cases hadn't failed, and showed signs of actually gas sealing....
was thinking the same, I guess when they say the brass -flows-there not not joking
,I have to suspect a Darwin Award coming soon though
,I have to suspect a Darwin Award coming soon though
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This fellow will know for sure, bet his eye is better than yours.
Maybe he loaded the rifle during this fiasco too!
Maybe he loaded the rifle during this fiasco too!
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I've had primers do that. Mind you, I was fire forming brass at the time, not actually firing rounds off 
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AlbertaGunslinger
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I could almost guarantee you those were fired in a 30-06. Go onto youtube and look up Gungeek's channel he has a video on this plus he's canadian.
"...308 was designed to be fired safely from the 30'06..." Nonsense.
"...few 30-06 rifles left, if by chance during combat, had..." It'd never happen. Regulars got M14's after turning in their M1's. The USN's chamber insert conversion of M1's didn't work. The insert tended to come out upon extraction. The saving grace is that the 7.62/.308 is ballistically identical to .30 M2 ammo, so other than head space issues it wasn't terrible dangerous. Especially out of an M1. The M1 Rifle's receiver is hellaciously strong.
JC ran his own receiver strength tests by loading 'blue pill' loads(70,000 psi test ammo) himself. Going up by 5,000 psi and shooting. At 120,000 psi, the left locking lug cracked. The same rifle went on to fire another 5,000 rounds of regular issue ammo with no further damage.
National Guard units used .30-06 M1's well into the '60's, but they didn't use the same ranges.
"...what kind of a wildcat you could build..." .44 Automag. Pistol cartridge made out of a much shortened .308 case. Dirty Harry(Sudden Impact, I think) and Bronson(one of the Death Wish series) used 'em in the movies.
"...few 30-06 rifles left, if by chance during combat, had..." It'd never happen. Regulars got M14's after turning in their M1's. The USN's chamber insert conversion of M1's didn't work. The insert tended to come out upon extraction. The saving grace is that the 7.62/.308 is ballistically identical to .30 M2 ammo, so other than head space issues it wasn't terrible dangerous. Especially out of an M1. The M1 Rifle's receiver is hellaciously strong.
JC ran his own receiver strength tests by loading 'blue pill' loads(70,000 psi test ammo) himself. Going up by 5,000 psi and shooting. At 120,000 psi, the left locking lug cracked. The same rifle went on to fire another 5,000 rounds of regular issue ammo with no further damage.
National Guard units used .30-06 M1's well into the '60's, but they didn't use the same ranges.
"...what kind of a wildcat you could build..." .44 Automag. Pistol cartridge made out of a much shortened .308 case. Dirty Harry(Sudden Impact, I think) and Bronson(one of the Death Wish series) used 'em in the movies.
