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First mistake at the range... Very lucky
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<blockquote data-quote="LoneTraveler" data-source="post: 994280" data-attributes="member: 77249"><p>I am a retired Wildlife Officer, I have seen and heard about all that can go wrong. I checked a guy one morning deer hunting said he had missed the biggest buck he ever seen 4 times. Shooting his buddies 270 Win. shells in his 30-06. He laughed wonder how his buddy was doing trying to get his 30-06 shells chambered in his 270 Win. The scariest things that can happen is when someone puts a 308 Win. shell in a smaller bore 30-06 length chamber. In the district office I once worked out of hung a shadow box. In the shadow box was a Pre 64 Model 70 Win. which had been custom barreled to 25-06. In helping his buddy at the range someway a 308 Win. shell got in his pocket with his 25-06. He put the shell in the gun, the Mauser extractor held it against the bolt face and firing pin. When it fired crap happened. It split the front receiver ring through the scope base holes. The scope was torn in half. The lugs held in the receiver. The busted the stock has what was recovered is in the display. Bent the magazine floor plate until it blew down. His custom rifle is now junk. the case holds over 40 pieces of the gun and stock. No injury, the angels looked after him. A guy brought a Mauser custom 25-06 into Chuck Wilcox's shop about 1973. He had shot a 308 Win. in it. The only thing that save the mans life was he had forgot his hat and rolled a towel up and put it around his head to keep sweat from dripping in his eyes. He recovered the hook of the extractor from the towel. He was lucky without the towel he would have been dead. Getting a 308 Win. shell in a 270 Win. 280 Rem class chamber is like trying to shove a golf ball through a garden hose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoneTraveler, post: 994280, member: 77249"] I am a retired Wildlife Officer, I have seen and heard about all that can go wrong. I checked a guy one morning deer hunting said he had missed the biggest buck he ever seen 4 times. Shooting his buddies 270 Win. shells in his 30-06. He laughed wonder how his buddy was doing trying to get his 30-06 shells chambered in his 270 Win. The scariest things that can happen is when someone puts a 308 Win. shell in a smaller bore 30-06 length chamber. In the district office I once worked out of hung a shadow box. In the shadow box was a Pre 64 Model 70 Win. which had been custom barreled to 25-06. In helping his buddy at the range someway a 308 Win. shell got in his pocket with his 25-06. He put the shell in the gun, the Mauser extractor held it against the bolt face and firing pin. When it fired crap happened. It split the front receiver ring through the scope base holes. The scope was torn in half. The lugs held in the receiver. The busted the stock has what was recovered is in the display. Bent the magazine floor plate until it blew down. His custom rifle is now junk. the case holds over 40 pieces of the gun and stock. No injury, the angels looked after him. A guy brought a Mauser custom 25-06 into Chuck Wilcox's shop about 1973. He had shot a 308 Win. in it. The only thing that save the mans life was he had forgot his hat and rolled a towel up and put it around his head to keep sweat from dripping in his eyes. He recovered the hook of the extractor from the towel. He was lucky without the towel he would have been dead. Getting a 308 Win. shell in a 270 Win. 280 Rem class chamber is like trying to shove a golf ball through a garden hose. [/QUOTE]
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