Bolt action blowup at Silverdale on weekend?

[Slash5]

Anyone see or get a better story on the bolt action that blew up at Silverdale? Monday I think.
Heard them talking about it, saw the first aid kit was out.
Gather someone shooting a .308 had a shell in the chamber and worked the bolt hard. Picked up a round out of the mag and rammed it into the shell in the chamber. I assume the bullet point set the primer off. I was told it blew the bolt back and wrecked the gun. Shooter had a cut hand, nothing serious.

 

[Win94]

If thats the case, i know how he felt.

 

[eltorro]

ouch,,,,,,, who said 308's are not adequate>>>> <?????????????

 

[john-brennan]

Lucky thats all that happened.

 

[Gibbs505]

Indeed, could have been a LOT worse!

 

[Win/64]

Why was there more than one round in the chamber? Any of the ranges I go to it's strictly one round at a time.

 

[svt-40]

Win/64: I load two or three rounds in the chamber all the time and nothing bad happens...

 

[art.h]

Were they shooting military 5 in 10sec or 10 in 20sec otherwise it should have been singles only. Most ranges prefer this idea I think.

 

[Paulinski]

Single rounds only? HuH??? The 5 round limit is bad enough.

 

[Bowie]

Were they shooting military 5 in 10sec or 10 in 20sec otherwise it should have been singles only. Most ranges prefer this idea I think.

Definately - and loading nerf bullets is even more safe. I think we should all live in glass bubbles where we can't possibly get hurt. I also like to wear a crash helmet when I drive my volvo to the grocery store - just in case.

 

[danny1444]

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[Win/64]

B.S. rules maybe, but I still have all my didgets....

 

[sgt_scarecrow]

I'll take my chances with a multiround mag. The chances of this happening are minimal and if you pay close attention, you can virtually eliminate the chance of this happening to you.

 

[Win/64]

So much for safety first..

 

[gth]

Why was there more than one round in the chamber? Any of the ranges I go to it's strictly one round at a time.

It must take one severly retarded pack of old fuddy duddies to maintain enough memberships to keep these clubs open.


Air guns with cottonballs for ammo only.....................

 

[Win/64]

At least we will make it to become "old fuddy duddies"...Some people at some of the ranges I've been to shouldn't even have a gun. Let alone one with a chambered round....

 

[Bowie]

At least we will make it to become "old fuddy duddies"...Some people at some of the ranges I've been to shouldn't even have a gun. Let alone one with a chambered round....

Safety is great, but you can't rule out stupidity.
I bet your rules make autoloaders a lot of fun.

 

[bisonhd]

I will gladly abide to the one round in the chamber rule.

Besides, it takes an awfully big hammer to pound two rounds into a chamber.

 

[Win/64]

Seems to me you can still load one at a time in an auto... Actually it's not my rules just something we all like to abide by.

 

[Paulinski]

Ibtl