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Dangerous handloads
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<blockquote data-quote="zoeper" data-source="post: 237254" data-attributes="member: 10682"><p>I saw something this weekend that makes my hair stands up.</p><p>At the range a guy was shooting his 308 built on a p14 action. After firing, the primer pockets was blown out to almost twice the diameter. Also the diameter of the base of the case was blown out quite a bit. The chap shooting the rifle seemed unphased about this and simply carried on shooting those loads claiming that the action can take it. I had a look at the bolt face and the recess in the head of the boltface was also quite a bit bigger than the base of a standard round. (i suspect it might have been cut for .303) and the expansion of the base would suggest that part of the cartridge was not in the chamber.</p><p> </p><p>What do you do when come across something like this? (other than running)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zoeper, post: 237254, member: 10682"] I saw something this weekend that makes my hair stands up. At the range a guy was shooting his 308 built on a p14 action. After firing, the primer pockets was blown out to almost twice the diameter. Also the diameter of the base of the case was blown out quite a bit. The chap shooting the rifle seemed unphased about this and simply carried on shooting those loads claiming that the action can take it. I had a look at the bolt face and the recess in the head of the boltface was also quite a bit bigger than the base of a standard round. (i suspect it might have been cut for .303) and the expansion of the base would suggest that part of the cartridge was not in the chamber. What do you do when come across something like this? (other than running) [/QUOTE]
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