Mishap at the range today.

[joken]

I have two Remington KS rifles and they are a couple of my favorite hunting rifles, one 7mm rem mag and one 270. The rifles are pretty much identical in color and both have Leupold scopes.
Today I was at the range with friends and shooting them both. I chambered and fired a 270 cartridge in the 7mm. I wasn't exactly sure what happened after I fired the rifle. I got a face full of debris and smelled a lot of burned powder. I got a couple of very minor cuts on my forehead that I was unaware of until I asked my friend what my face looked like. It felt like I got sprayed with high velocity sand. I thought I had a case head separation although when I opened the bolt there was nothing. I removed the bolt and could see that the barrel was obstructed. When I got home I ran a rod down the barrel and the 270 case fell out.
Lesson learned, in the future I will only have the ammo on the bench for the firearm that I am shooting. Be careful my friends.

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[Andy54Hawken]

Yikes!
Glad to hear that you are okay.
And Yep...it is always a good idea to only have the ammo out for the gun that you are shooting.
Andy

 

[Stomper]

Dude!!

 

[KKG]

What Andy said. But, it could have been a lot worse. Shooting a 7mm Weatherby in a 7mm Remington is an excellent example. Had a customer who just "HAD" to take both to the Range at the same time. Even after being told that was a BAD idea. It cost him his Right Eye and major facial damage plus a very fine Rifle. He also had the BAD habit of listening to the Gun Writers who said that the loading books were "Underloading" even the top loads. He always "Started" with a load that was 10% above the Top of the manual no matter how much compressing of the powder he had to do!!! A 6 pack was also part of his Range Kit. The day he lost the eye was the last day he was a customer.

 

[No_Regerts]

Seen the same thing with a 308 and a 270. Two identical rifles, mixed up ammo. A 308 loaded to book OAL is basically the same length as a 270 shoulder. It headspaced and fired. The rifle held together and a .308 bullet squeezed down a .277 bore. Still hit the target even.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Seen the same thing with a 308 and a 270. Two identical rifles, mixed up ammo. A 308 loaded to book OAL is basically the same length as a 270 shoulder. It headspaced and fired. The rifle held together and a .308 bullet squeezed down a .277 bore. Still hit the target even.

Double Yikes!...
Andy

 

[Medic!]

30.06 will shoot just fine through a 300 win mag.
Fire form's the brass well. All but the base. [Middle].

Don't ask.





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[Kruel J]

Seen the same thing with a 308 and a 270. Two identical rifles, mixed up ammo. A 308 loaded to book OAL is basically the same length as a 270 shoulder. It headspaced and fired. The rifle held together and a .308 bullet squeezed down a .277 bore. Still hit the target even.

No way the round went down range in one piece.

 

[No_Regerts]

No way the round went down range in one piece.

At least the bullet was soft and not a monolithic.

 

[Mygrainman]

I have some brass somewhere...One of grandma's garage sale finds... 7mm Mauser that was obviously shot through an 8mm Mauser. There were about 7-8 of them in the box. so who ever shot them must have even reloaded. A Mauser is a Mauser right? Can't imagine it was very accurate.

 

[P7M13]

Holy guacamole dip!
Glad you are OK.

 

[IOM]

Not going to say anything about the "Insult to Injury" thing on the ammo mix...

Glad your fine and able to speak of the incident though...

 

[The Courier]

Glad you are ok! A quality weapon can do more for you than just be accurate and reliable, in some instances it may save your life.

 

[Captain O]

Holy jumping up and down, Martha! That could have proven disastrous. Oh, the pain of it all!

I'm glad you lived to tell the tale. (And in one piece, at that)!

 

[ARKLITE881South]

Seen the same thing with a 308 and a 270. Two identical rifles, mixed up ammo. A 308 loaded to book OAL is basically the same length as a 270 shoulder. It headspaced and fired. The rifle held together and a .308 bullet squeezed down a .277 bore. Still hit the target even.

Quick, go buy a lottery ticket!!

 

[Ura-Ki]

I did the Old .243 down a .308 once, took a few seconds to figure out what that funny sound was, ejected the fireformed case, every thing looked just fine, except the head stamp said .243!

 

[No_Regerts]

Quick, go buy a lottery ticket!!

Wasn't me! But I nearly went and bought Winchester stock!

 

[No_Regerts]

30.06 will shoot just fine through a 300 win mag.
Fire form's the brass well. All but the base. [Middle].

Don't ask.





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[mobil890]

30.06 will shoot just fine through a 300 win mag.
Fire form's the brass well. All but the base. [Middle].

Don't ask.





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[KKG]

memories

A bit more like Night Mares!!!