Some interesting (BLOWN) cases I have known. :)

I have seen some terrible things over the years, and people just don't realize what danger they are putting themselves [and others around] in.
I was shooting a couple of rifles at the local club one day when a guy sets up a couple of benches down and proceeds to shoot.
Huge flames out the muzzle and a very tough time opening his bolt.
I cautioned him about shooting loads that showed such pressures and asked what load he was shooting. [308 Winchester in a M70 rifle]
He then told me how he had accidentally dumped one powder into a part can of a different number.
His comment: "I didn't want to waste it so guessed what might be a good load and loaded a bunch up to try out!"
I'm outta there like a turpentined cat.
Later heard he managed to blow up a very nice 7x57 with his stupidity.
Regards, Eagleye.
 
GRiNGo said:
Worst one I saw personally was a couple of years ago a fella from town here bought a new Remington semi in 30-06. Well he sat down to site it in and blam,... hugh recoil and black stuff all over his hand. The box said 30-06 and the barrel was stamped 30-06 but it was a 270.
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It is vitually impossible that anyone could manage to get a 30-06 into any 270chamber due to the throat diameter difference.
Therefore it would have had to have a 30-06 chamber and a 270 bore.
If that is the case, it would have to swage that .308 bullet down to .277, which would make it interesting.
I hope Remington did something for him on that error! Eagleye
 
As to the other statements about being organized, imagine this scenario.

You size 308 brass down to 7mm-08 and load them up, you place them in a nice plastic box with proper load info and caliber. You go off hunting with your buddies and have several boxes of all types of ammo in your camper. Buddy comes back early one day, and is low on ammo due to stopping somewhere to sight in his Rem 7600 308. He knows you ALWAYS have lots of ammo in many calibers, and also knows you would give him whatever he needs. What he doesn't realize is that you won't let him use your reloads, and that they aren't what is stated on the headstamp. He takes a few, looks at headstamp because they aren't in factory boxes and goes deer hunting. Bad news, but could be worse. It's happened to me!!

Now everyone I hunt with knows not to touch my stuff unless they ask, and I'll provide whatever it is they need. I give them factory ammo to use up so I can get the brass lol.


Now imagine that same scenario with all kinds of calibers and mix ups.
 
I was at the range last year with a pair of x57's.
Yup a 7x57 and my 8x57.
Started with the little guy first.
Shot a few targets, went for a walk.
Put the 8x57 on the rests and grab a round.
Opened the bolt, stopped and gave a wee bit of thought.
Then I give meself a whole lotta pottie mouth.
Missed a step.
Forgot to put the 7x57 ammo back in the kit and grab the 8x57.
Close that day.
 
Eagleye said:
I have a 7mm Mag that was fired in a 300 Win Mag rifle ... very short neck, it has!! 270 fired in a 7mm Mag .. split like one of the ones above. None of my own yet, though....touch wood! Eagleye.
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I was present when a individual fired seven rounds of 7mmremmag out of a 300 winmag. I was at the opposite end of the benches, and a friend mentioned that the rifle didn't sound right. We walked over and saw that the ends of the fired cases didn't look normal, so I asked him what his rifle was chambered in. When he replied 300winmag, I pointed out that he was shooting 7mmremmag ammunition.
 
Cleftwynd said:
What happened there Ted?
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It was indeed fired in a 308 Norma Mag chamber. Compared it to a couple of my fired cases, and it is identical except for the short neck.

Odd thing is that I have made lots of 308 Norma Mag out of 7mm Rem Mag cases, however do anneal the brass before necking it up. The case in the picture must have had a pretty brittle neck/shoulder area.

Ted
 
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I was present when a individual fired seven rounds of 7mmremmag out of a 300 winmag. I was at the opposite end of the benches, and a friend mentioned that the rifle didn't sound right. We walked over and saw that the ends of the fired cases didn't look normal, so I asked him what his rifle was chambered in. When he replied 300winmag, I pointed out that he was shooting 7mmremmag ammunition.
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The necks would be even shorter in those ones!

Ted
 
A fellow I know accidentally fired a 25-06 AI in a Rem 700 7 mag.The extractor was blow off and he got peppered with debris/gas .......lucky he didn't lose an eye which BTW turned all bloodshot red.Harold
 
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Eagleye said:
It is vitually impossible that anyone could manage to get a 30-06 into any 270chamber due to the throat diameter difference.
Therefore it would have had to have a 30-06 chamber and a 270 bore.
If that is the case, it would have to swage that .308 bullet down to .277, which would make it interesting.
I hope Remington did something for him on that error! Eagleye
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Magnum Magazine in South Africa ran a short piece a few years ago describing where a .308 Win was fired in a rifle chambered or .25-06 Rem. The differences in OAL and likely the taper of a spitzer style bullet in the .308 allowed it to be chambered. The rifle was built on the old Musgrave RSA single shot target action and held together without harm to the shooter.
 
I think being a newbie at this...... with reading what people have written I am going to load my 303 first and then bring out the 270. This way I know the 303 will not get mixed with the 270........
 
ser65 said:
I think being a newbie at this...... with reading what people have written I am going to load my 303 first and then bring out the 270. This way I know the 303 will not get mixed with the 270........
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Most of these accidents happened at the range, wrong ammo and to many rifles being used at the same time. In reloading, have one projectile, one powder, one primer.....basically only one set of components handy at one time. Reloading accidents are most common with multiple components mixed....a pistol powder used in a rifle, double charges....that sort of thing. One needs to be attentive, on task, not distracted or altered by drugs/alcohol. But really it is repetition and good habits that keeps you safe.
 
My cousin and his wife, out moose hunting. Putting loose rounds on the end table, at night. Cousin grabs some rounds....fired a few 7mag down his 300 until he shoot the moose with a 300. This sort of thing is easy to do, covered in any pal and hunter course, still easy. One of the reason i like ammo to have the correct headstamp, dont reform brass. Ammo and brass is one of the cheapest things involved in shooting and hunting.
 
Sorta related question here. I have a 270, and my buddy has a 30-06. I know the 30-06 in my 270 wont fit, but what about the other way around? Would a 270 fit and fire in a 30-06 safely, albeit without any accuracy? Or is the shoulder in a different position or at a different angle to prevent this from happening? (No plans on doing this, but when talking to friends who aren't so "in the know" about guns, this always seems to come up when we try to explain how the 270 is a necked-down 30-06...)
 
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