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<blockquote data-quote="Wrenches" data-source="post: 2162243" data-attributes="member: 93135"><p>Been Smithing for 37 years and I have seen many many such mistakes by shooters/hunters. Latest one Ruger precision in 6.5 Creedmoor owner was working up a load with R-17 and the can of powder went empty so he reached up on the shelf and grabbed a new can but didn't check and loaded rounds with R-7. Blew all the aluminum AR looking trim off the rifle, magazine was blown out, but the bolt stayed closed. I had to take the barrel off (no easy task). the bolt had the lug with the extractor blown off. Shooter had safety glasses on, but his face looked someone shot him in the face with a 410 bore shotgun. Doctor spent hours digging out the shrapnel.</p><p></p><p>A grandfather took his two teenage grandsons pronghorn hunting with each shooting a Remington 700 308 he purchased for them and he was carrying his Model 70 Featherweight in 270 Win. He ended up firing a 308 through his 270 and it locked up the bolt. I worked with it for sometime and finally got the bolt open. Extractor, plunger, and spring were damage but bolt was useable. I replaced the damaged parts. This is a push feed rifle. I checked headspace and everything checked so I test fired it and the rifle worked as designed so the customer was happy.</p><p></p><p>Elk hunter with a Mark X 300 Win Mag downed his elk, he found the animal alive on approach so to put it out of it's misery he grabbed a round out of his coat pocket chambered it a fired the killing from short distance. He had grabbed a 30-06 and the escaping gas from the split case blinded his right eye.</p><p></p><p>A few years ago man purchased a new Controlled Round Push Feed Model 70 in 7WSM took it to the range to sight in the scope and he used a lazer bore sighter. Only problem, he the left the bore sighter in the barrel and fired a shot. Barrel split in four places for 14 inches back from the muzzle. His only injury was to stop at Walmart for a new three pack of underwear. DOW hunter safety trainers borrow this barrel from me to show students what not to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wrenches, post: 2162243, member: 93135"] Been Smithing for 37 years and I have seen many many such mistakes by shooters/hunters. Latest one Ruger precision in 6.5 Creedmoor owner was working up a load with R-17 and the can of powder went empty so he reached up on the shelf and grabbed a new can but didn't check and loaded rounds with R-7. Blew all the aluminum AR looking trim off the rifle, magazine was blown out, but the bolt stayed closed. I had to take the barrel off (no easy task). the bolt had the lug with the extractor blown off. Shooter had safety glasses on, but his face looked someone shot him in the face with a 410 bore shotgun. Doctor spent hours digging out the shrapnel. A grandfather took his two teenage grandsons pronghorn hunting with each shooting a Remington 700 308 he purchased for them and he was carrying his Model 70 Featherweight in 270 Win. He ended up firing a 308 through his 270 and it locked up the bolt. I worked with it for sometime and finally got the bolt open. Extractor, plunger, and spring were damage but bolt was useable. I replaced the damaged parts. This is a push feed rifle. I checked headspace and everything checked so I test fired it and the rifle worked as designed so the customer was happy. Elk hunter with a Mark X 300 Win Mag downed his elk, he found the animal alive on approach so to put it out of it's misery he grabbed a round out of his coat pocket chambered it a fired the killing from short distance. He had grabbed a 30-06 and the escaping gas from the split case blinded his right eye. A few years ago man purchased a new Controlled Round Push Feed Model 70 in 7WSM took it to the range to sight in the scope and he used a lazer bore sighter. Only problem, he the left the bore sighter in the barrel and fired a shot. Barrel split in four places for 14 inches back from the muzzle. His only injury was to stop at Walmart for a new three pack of underwear. DOW hunter safety trainers borrow this barrel from me to show students what not to do. [/QUOTE]
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