WTF - Where'd that come from???

[Hooyah DeepSea]

So, out shooting with a friend yesterday and while she was behind the trigger, her rifle had a failure to fully feed. I noticed the bolt not all the way forward and pointed it out. She stopped and attempted to clear the action. It was stuck so I took the firearm, dropped the mag out and did a force clear against my leg. All good, EXCEPT . . .
The round that fell out was a factory Hornady .300 blackout. The rest of the freshly loaded ammo was Hornady (Frontier) .223.
How in the heck does a 300 blk get in a factory bow of .223????

And thank God that it didn't chamber all the way !!

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[bcp]

Someone at the store was comparing them, then returned them to the wrong box.

How does a 300BO get loading into a magazine with 223 without being noticed?

Bruce

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

How does a 300BO get loading into a magazine with 223 without being noticed?

Not paying attention, with similar length, similar diameter cartridges, out of a factory box. Yes, I gave her a little grief over that too.

I guess it goes back to the old addage; "Never assume".

 

[Andy54Hawken]

While not the same...but similar....

At one time I owned a Ruger No. 1 in .45-70....I also owed a few 1873 Springfield rifles....
A "Trapdoor safe " .45-70 load in a Ruger No. 1 ain't no big deal....
A Ruger No.1 load in a Trapdoor...sure would be a big deal.....

I always shot each rifle separately ....and put away the ammo for the Ruger No.1 , before shooting my Trapdoor rifles...
As well as storing and marking the ammo for each rifle.

Glad it all worked out for the OP....
Andy

 

[Member 53328]

Same way you fire a 9mm through a .40.
I've had buddies who have done the opposite and fired 5.56 through a 300 blackout on accident. It's very easy to get ammo swapped around when they are so close.

Ask me how I know. I've done it. Buddies have done it. When cases are that close and they use the same mag you are almost guaranteed to make that mistake atleast once.

 

[Certaindeaf]

300 stinky is the devil!

 

[bcp]

Avoiding the .300BLK AR-15 ‘ka-boom!’

The .300 Blackout cartridge is a flexible, innovative cartridge that's a step up from .223 but not quite the full-power of .308, all in an AR-15-sized rifle. However, accidentally loading .300BLK into a .223 gun can have catastrophic consequences.

www.nrablog.com

Bruce

 

[Member 34319]

Someone at that ammo plant quit that day.

 

[Kruel J]

Must have been a Friday afternoon mistake.

 

[titsonritz]

Lucky it did not chamber and Kaboom

 

[Flopsweat]

Lucky it did not chamber and Kaboom

I've witnessed one. Scarry, but the guy was OK. The lower, not so much.

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

I've had that happen to one of my rifles a few years back. A friend accidently loaded 300BLK in a 5.56mm. Yeah, Boom! Well not actually boom, but a really weird loud pop/clang. Fortunately no injuries, just elevated blood pressure. It destroyed the upper receiver, the bolt carrier group, and the magazine, and damaged, though not irreparably, the lower receiver. The bullet, a 130 grain soft point, was swaged through the bore, depositing lead all the way through. The barrel extrension was also cracked / destroyed.

The fixed lower is still in service without issue.

 

[Flopsweat]

I've had that happen to one of my rifles a few years back. A friend accidently loaded 300BLK in a 5.56mm. Yeah, Boom! Well not actually boom, but a really weird loud pop/clang. Fortunately no injuries, just elevated blood pressure. It destroyed the upper receiver, the bolt carrier group, and the magazine, and damaged, though not irreparably, the lower receiver. The bullet, a 130 grain soft point, was swaged through the bore, depositing lead all the way through. The barrel extrension was also cracked / destroyed.

The fixed lower is still in service without issue.

Did it blow the baseplate, ammo and follower out the bottom of the magazine too?

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

Did it blow the baseplate, ammo and follower out the bottom of the magazine too?

Oh yeah!! and the mag itself fell out.

 

[titsonritz]

Oh yeah!! and the mag itself fell out.

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Ah, that'll buff right out.

 

[Wombat of Doom]

Oh yeah!! and the mag itself fell out.

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ooh expanded port perfect for .458 socom. [/sarcasm]