Frank, a cup and core bullet would swedge down, but WE would love to see the action and barrel.
What action was it? What bottom medal? What barrel?...someone accidentally fired a 300 Win Mag in a 7 RUM chambered rifle? Wonder no more! Customer brought their rifle in after firing a 300 WM out of a 7mm RUM. The rifle survived. The bullet exited the barrel. Customer states that the bullet hit the target(I find this incredible in and of itself). The barrel will be scrapped. It came out of the receiver with a bit of effort. The recoil lug is stuck on the barrel tenon. The bolt had to be beat open with a mallet. QC department checked over the bolt and receiver and have cleared them for future duty as they pass muster with go/no-go thread gages. No noticeable bolt setback. Bolt will be lapped to receiver and await customers instructions for rebarrelling.
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H-S Precision rifle. All H-S parts, receiver, bolt, barrel, stock and bottom metal.What action was it? What bottom medal? What barrel?
This being the case, it would probably blow your mind to know a .308 diameter bullet (.300 AAC Blackout) could be fired in a .223/5.56 rifle (usually an AR) and gets swaged down to .224 diameter...I find that hard hard to believe that a .308 dia bullet would travel down a .284 dia bore without causing major catastrophic failure of the barrel and action....I'd have to see it myself..
Under no condition would I believe that or since the action I'd not solid it would release some of the pressure but I'd need to be there to believe a. 308 could travel in a .224 bore without causing extreme problems...This being the case, it would probably blow your mind to know a .308 diameter bullet (.300 AAC Blackout) could be fired in a .223/5.56 rifle (usually an AR) and gets swaged down to .224 diameter.
Looks like the highest, longest high BC .22 bullet you've ever seen! Crazy stuff. As you said, you have to see it to believe it but then you do and you just have to shake your head in amazement.
If I can find the post/pictures here (long range hunting site) I'll get it posted here for your viewing pleasure. It was interesting!
There are other potencially dangerous things that can happen as well.
And one of them is something many people have no knowledge of.
And that is what is known as case weld.
Caused by ammo that sits on a shelf for a long period of time before being fired.
Well all i can say with regard to that is that i lube my cases,Does some form of bullet lube ( graphite, Hornady One Shot, ect.) eliminate "welding"? memtb
From what I've read,wet tumbling with pins, makes cold weld more likely because the neck is so clean. Don't know from personal experience, but it makes sense to me.Well all i can say with regard to that is that i lube my cases,
mostly using the grease type lube.
And ive had it happen to me when firing ammo that had sat for as i recall four years.
If you have old ammo, reseat the bullets about one turn deeper with your seating die, and listen for the sound of a twig being snapped as you do it
Well all i can say with regard to that is that i lube my cases,
mostly using the grease type lube.
And ive had it happen to me when firing ammo that had sat for as i recall four years.
If you have old ammo, reseat the bullets about one turn deeper with your seating die, and listen for the sound of a twig being snapped as you do it
What was the load? Do you remember?I have a yet explained near "catastrophic" overpressure situation that occurred around 1987 with a Remington 700 Heavy Barrel Varmint in .223 Rem…….that certainly ""was not" welding!
I was called, the day before the "EVENT by a friend suggesting that we go "Prairie Dogging" the next day. I cleaned my Remington for tomorrow's shooting.
As I had nothing loaded, I loaded up 50 rounds for the following day.
We arrived at a little "Prairie Poodle" village, where my friend and his wife took out a few. When it was my turn, with a squeeze of the trigger…..all Hell broke loose!
I received a pretty good jolt to the shoulder, remember this is a .223 Rem. fired in a heavy rifle! Smoke erupted from every opening in the action! When I attempted to open the bolt …..it wouldn't budge.
To say I was surprised and bewildered is an understatement.
I went home, pulled and weighed the remaining 49 cartridges and found nothing wrong.
I took the rifle to a 'smith that hammered (glad I didn't witness it) the bolt open. The extractor was destroyed…..but no other damage was found. The .223 Rem case was now a "belted " case.
After all of these years, my only explanation is……after cleaning the rifle, I leaned it in the corner of my basement reloading area and a bug/wasp/something built a nest in the barrel
I still see that as unlikely though…..it was less than 24 hrs. prior to shooting, and in SW Wyoming there just aren't a lot of insects that would plug a hole that quickly for a nest!
The floor is now open for comments! memtb