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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1911309" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>That could explain it !!!</p><p></p><p>I had a friend bring me a rifle to look at that had split a 308 win case end to end. The reason was simple, someone got it to fire in a 300 Win Mag. (Don't even know how it fired unless it was loaded with the muzzle pointed up and was lowered without moving the round forward allowing the firing pin to strike the primer). Fortunately, he didn't hurt the action or the chamber. </p><p></p><p>Mistakes like this are made more often that you would think. People buy ammo and don't bother to make sure that the box of ammo has the exact cartridge name that is on the barrel. I once heard a sales person at Bass pro tell a guy that the ammo he needed was for a 30 caliber and that's what he had. They both went to school in spite of there objection and soon realized that the round could blow up in his rifle. The rifle owner thanked me, but the sales person just frowned and said "What EVER". Being the horses *** that I am I went to the manager and recommended that he put that salesman to picking up trash, for safety reasons.</p><p></p><p>This another reason that the barrel ID needs to be descriptive and accurate as discussed in an earlier post.</p><p></p><p>Your action may be alright because the pressures were not excessive, I would still have your smith to check it out just to be safe.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1911309, member: 2736"] That could explain it !!! I had a friend bring me a rifle to look at that had split a 308 win case end to end. The reason was simple, someone got it to fire in a 300 Win Mag. (Don't even know how it fired unless it was loaded with the muzzle pointed up and was lowered without moving the round forward allowing the firing pin to strike the primer). Fortunately, he didn't hurt the action or the chamber. Mistakes like this are made more often that you would think. People buy ammo and don't bother to make sure that the box of ammo has the exact cartridge name that is on the barrel. I once heard a sales person at Bass pro tell a guy that the ammo he needed was for a 30 caliber and that's what he had. They both went to school in spite of there objection and soon realized that the round could blow up in his rifle. The rifle owner thanked me, but the sales person just frowned and said "What EVER". Being the horses *** that I am I went to the manager and recommended that he put that salesman to picking up trash, for safety reasons. This another reason that the barrel ID needs to be descriptive and accurate as discussed in an earlier post. Your action may be alright because the pressures were not excessive, I would still have your smith to check it out just to be safe. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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