.338 Lapua Magnum KABOOM

[TAZ]

That sux. I'm amazed that there were no serious injuries. I've seen people leave bore sighters in the bore, heck I've almost done it myself, but a cleaning rod is something new.

Familiarity and distractions when working with tiny explosions is a bad combo for sure.


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[1slow01Z71]

This story was posted on snipershide and a couple guys were actually there. According to them the guy was getting a sticky bolt and used the cleaning rod to pop the fired brass out from what I remember.

[markm]

This story was posted on snipershide and a couple guys were actually there. According to them the guy was getting a sticky bolt and used the cleaning rod to pop the fired brass out from what I remember.

So the retard is loading ammo too? This imbecile should stick to video gaming.

[SurplusShooter]

So the retard is loading ammo too?

How else could any civilian afford to shoot .338 Lapua Mag on a regular basis?
For a Bolt-action it's not that hard to handload, not rocket-science.

Although, I guess, he won't be shooting any more .338 for a while.....

[mark5pt56]

How else could any civilian afford to shoot .338 Lapua Mag on a regular basis?
For a Bolt-action it's not that hard to handload, not rocket-science.

Although, I guess, he won't be shooting any more .338 for a while.....

You would be surprised as to the number of civilians that have plenty of money to spend on the shooting sports.

This isn't the first time someone has done this. I hope the owner is ok and maybe a serious lesson to folks to pay attention and why would you be cleaning the dang thing from the muzzle to begin with. I can see a Garand, lever gun, etc. and surprised the range would allow you "be in front" of the muzzle anyhow.

[mark5pt56]

This story was posted on snipershide and a couple guys were actually there. According to them the guy was getting a sticky bolt and used the cleaning rod to pop the fired brass out from what I remember.

And I bet he chambered the exact same recipe after driving out the last problem child. I've seen people actually using a mallet(steel) to pound open a bolt, pointed out to match director who had him stop and not shoot those loads anymore.

[Vintovka]

How else could any civilian afford to shoot .338 Lapua Mag on a regular basis?

Prvi Partisan is available for less than $2 per round. Cheaper than some of the hunting calibers out there.

[Leaveammoforme]

Prvi Partisan is available for less than $2 per round. Cheaper than some of the hunting calibers out there.

I tried a box of 20 prvi- two duds in one box. The shoulders were formed wrong causing light primer strikes ( read excessive head space, scary!) Hornady brass with modest loads will stick in savage 338's which are rumored to have chambers on the tight side. Blackhills is perfect but its $6.25 a pop. My reloads cost me just under two bucks which is the only way I can actually afford to shoot it.

[diving dave]

Another example of never, ever, loose attention of what your doing. I reload for 50bmg, and using some Israeli TZZ head stamp brass I had a case neck split after I fired the round.. These had more than a few reloads on them, so I dumped it all and started with new brass. That guy is lucky he's not blind or worse.

[wilson1911]

Any time you are "working" on your gun, always remove the bolt. Take your time, its not going anywhere. Where were the range officers ? None that I know of will let you In front of your gun. I cannot imagine how many grains he is using to jam up a case.

Currently I am shooting 95.9 grains of retumbo, which is a bit sticky on that node. I am working up a new one around 93 gr. One thing to remember on a 338 is bullet size will determine how much is out of the case. I run only 300's, but the smaller one's are very noticeable(short) in oal. I also have cip mags. More speed does not mean better accuracy on these guns. If your going to a higher node and shooting over 1500 yds, then it may be worth it. If you want a flatter gun, buy an edge.

Any gun that has 5000 lbs of energy at 100 yards would be beyond scary to have blow up in your face. Maybe he should go buy a lottery ticket.

Lapua brass only here, everything else is substandard.