Ziad wrote:Frack
I got a 308 and 6.5, but still try and keep my reloads in separate boxes.
Stix wrote:Sheesh...
It can happen...!!
The poor fellow probably feels like a right cock...but at least he's ok...!!
Did you take any pics rich...?
Id be interested to see the bolt...
Ive heard similar tales...one similar where the guy had to go to hospital to have his cheek stitched back up, but he told the hospital he fell & hit his face on a star dropper.
Another tale was a guys one hole 308 all of a sudden went awal shooting 8 inch groups...after a full strip & rebuild (including scope) someone noticed the holes in the target were made by tumbling bullets, which prompted them to check the head stamp on the brass...that read .243 win
Not sure how true that tale is...but its funny cos no one got hurt.
We gotta be careful...ill admit complacency has got me with 2 T3's on a bench before...slid the wrong bolt in so round wouldnt chamber.
bigrich wrote:hey fellas, i have a cautionary tale to tell about safety. i was at ripley SSAA range yesterday , playing with 222 reloads and 22lr's, when a group of fellas set up on the bench next to me. the first shot one fella fired made my right ear ring even through my ear muffs. i've been on a bench next to muzzle braked 300 win mags and this was louder. the sideways blast from a muzzle brake is good at keeping the horseflies away in the summer but. i looked over and he's looking through the scope at his target, i went back to my next shot, then KABOOM ! horrendous noise next to me ! i look over and old mate's got his hand on his face and theirs blood coming out between his fingers.everybody's scrambled to help him.after a brief sit down, he's walked up to the washroom under his own steam , staff got onto it.he ended up being ok, no ambulance,a few bandaids but . though i was told he had some small shrapnel in his face. while that's going on , another old shooter and me are back at the benches thinking the reloads he was shooting might have been overloaded.the firing pin and bottom of the magazine were resting on the bench and the bolt handle was four meters in front of the bench. two reload boxes, old mate's looking at them. one fired case back in the reload box. 308 win. two shots fired. the rifle was a tikka t3 chambered in 270 win the long chambered 270 must have accepted the shorter 308 and the bigger bullet down a smaller bore caused a big issue. both the reload boxes were the same colour , no markings. i write on the out side of mine in permanant marker what rifle the ammo's for. i was thinking about this later, i own two 6.5x55 rifles, own sporter barrel , one millitary barrel, different overall seating lengths . i think i might invest in a different colour ammo box as well as writing on the outside of it. i don't want any mix ups and a over preasure from a projectile being seated on the lands . i reckon someone had a lucky escape
bladeracer wrote:bigrich wrote:hey fellas, i have a cautionary tale to tell about safety. i was at ripley SSAA range yesterday , playing with 222 reloads and 22lr's, when a group of fellas set up on the bench next to me. the first shot one fella fired made my right ear ring even through my ear muffs. i've been on a bench next to muzzle braked 300 win mags and this was louder. the sideways blast from a muzzle brake is good at keeping the horseflies away in the summer but. i looked over and he's looking through the scope at his target, i went back to my next shot, then KABOOM ! horrendous noise next to me ! i look over and old mate's got his hand on his face and theirs blood coming out between his fingers.everybody's scrambled to help him.after a brief sit down, he's walked up to the washroom under his own steam , staff got onto it.he ended up being ok, no ambulance,a few bandaids but . though i was told he had some small shrapnel in his face. while that's going on , another old shooter and me are back at the benches thinking the reloads he was shooting might have been overloaded.the firing pin and bottom of the magazine were resting on the bench and the bolt handle was four meters in front of the bench. two reload boxes, old mate's looking at them. one fired case back in the reload box. 308 win. two shots fired. the rifle was a tikka t3 chambered in 270 win the long chambered 270 must have accepted the shorter 308 and the bigger bullet down a smaller bore caused a big issue. both the reload boxes were the same colour , no markings. i write on the out side of mine in permanant marker what rifle the ammo's for. i was thinking about this later, i own two 6.5x55 rifles, own sporter barrel , one millitary barrel, different overall seating lengths . i think i might invest in a different colour ammo box as well as writing on the outside of it. i don't want any mix ups and a over preasure from a projectile being seated on the lands . i reckon someone had a lucky escape
Did the first round lodge the bullet in the bore?
I store my ammo in MTM ammo crates, but I keep stuff that can potentially be interchanged separate - like .243 and 7mm-08 don't go in the same crate, .30-06 and 8x57mm don't go in the same crate, .303 and 6.5x54R don't go in the same crate. 6.5x50mm will cycle through the 6.5x55mm just fine so they have to be kept separate too, although I doubt it'd actually be a problem to fire it.
Oldbloke wrote: I got lucky at the weekend. Fired off a shot and just a mild pop. When I checked I'd loaded a 30-06 with NO powder. Tapped out the bullet and all good. But what if???
Stoney wrote:It was not only dangerous to the shooter but also those on the benches beside the shooter. Perhaps Ripley should look at partitions between rests for safety in the future. It would also cut down on the shock waves, when firing the big guns, hitting the roof and coming straight down on the shooters neighbour.
bigrich wrote:Stoney wrote:It was not only dangerous to the shooter but also those on the benches beside the shooter. Perhaps Ripley should look at partitions between rests for safety in the future. It would also cut down on the shock waves, when firing the big guns, hitting the roof and coming straight down on the shooters neighbour.
what ? what did ya say stoney ? cant hear ya from that muzzle braked tac rifle shooting beside me and my hair is parted on the other side now ..... does keep the flies away but, i'm sure i saw one get vaporized by the blast from a braked 300 win mag one time ...... the thought of what can happen to the guy next to a blow up did cross my mind , it's a damn good idea ,whether ripley's got the money to spend on doing it, or SSAA management want to bother implementing it is the question. maybe i should make a few inquiries , don't want to ruffle any feathers but, aside from the blast rebound off that tin roof i like it out there. had to stop shooting for a bit yesterday as a roo and a joey got grazing on top of the 25 yard bank the dirt road in is pretty pot holed and corrugated at the moment, i don't mind in my fourby , keeps a lot of those pesky belmont shooters away
TheDude wrote:bigrich wrote:Stoney wrote:It was not only dangerous to the shooter but also those on the benches beside the shooter. Perhaps Ripley should look at partitions between rests for safety in the future. It would also cut down on the shock waves, when firing the big guns, hitting the roof and coming straight down on the shooters neighbour.
what ? what did ya say stoney ? cant hear ya from that muzzle braked tac rifle shooting beside me and my hair is parted on the other side now ..... does keep the flies away but, i'm sure i saw one get vaporized by the blast from a braked 300 win mag one time ...... the thought of what can happen to the guy next to a blow up did cross my mind , it's a damn good idea ,whether ripley's got the money to spend on doing it, or SSAA management want to bother implementing it is the question. maybe i should make a few inquiries , don't want to ruffle any feathers but, aside from the blast rebound off that tin roof i like it out there. had to stop shooting for a bit yesterday as a roo and a joey got grazing on top of the 25 yard bank the dirt road in is pretty pot holed and corrugated at the moment, i don't mind in my fourby , keeps a lot of those pesky belmont shooters away
Unfortunately doesn’t scare enough of the away. Was at Ripley in Friday and it was still bloody busy. There were a few waiting for benches mid morning
Member-Deleted wrote:Oldbloke wrote: I got lucky at the weekend. Fired off a shot and just a mild pop. When I checked I'd loaded a 30-06 with NO powder. Tapped out the bullet and all good. But what if???
I did the same thing myself once... Once! 30 plus years ago when i was a teenager I fired a shortloaded .38 Special and the the primer was enough to push it half way down the barrel of the Smith & Wesson K frame .38 revolver, Being young and dumb, I went "that was weird" and promptly fired another. Thankfully for me, I had shortloaded that one too, and so the end result was 2 wadcutters stuck in the barrel [but no barrel bulge or frame damage] and an earnest talking to from my father about how I had just narrowly avoided a lifelong nickname of 'Stumpy'.
Ziad wrote:Well I have basically best of both worlds, 6 acres, gave up my IT/health job, work on the farm... but 5 minutes from centre of hustle and bustle of the suburbs. 7 minutes from the place we were living in with 5 neighbors overlooking the backyard.
The only issue, I still have city type neighbors.... so I suppose can't have everything
bigrich wrote:i'd like a life in the country gazz, i could sell my house and gear and do it financially , but getting work in reigonal areas is the worry for me. about every 6-8 weeks i get to go on properties up in the tops of the mountains around tenterfield. and i tell ya, i really, REALLY appreciate the place and the people when i'm there. i've helped with timber cutting and mustering/moving livestock when i've bin there to show my gratitude to the landowners. killing paper and learning/developing reloads is good training for me to be compitent out in the field with a rifle is a good thing. it's all relative i suppose gaz, the 'burbs is whats normal for me, and finding work has never bin hard. i'm a country person at heart i reckon, i live halfway between brisbane and the gold coast, and only go into brissy for gun stuff. and the gold coast has too many plastic people for my liking. city life would sh@t me too gaz
bigrich wrote:Ziad wrote:Well I have basically best of both worlds, 6 acres, gave up my IT/health job, work on the farm... but 5 minutes from centre of hustle and bustle of the suburbs. 7 minutes from the place we were living in with 5 neighbors overlooking the backyard.
The only issue, I still have city type neighbors.... so I suppose can't have everything
doesn't sound too bad mate