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Scary, and I thought he was a decent gun guy #5439452 11/24/14 02:37 AM
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Nephew called me. I ran out of the ammo I liked in my 270, says he. It was 140 gr CoreLokts, so I went, he says, and bought some 6.5x55. I asked if he had a new rifle in that caliber, and he said "no". So I said "what are you telling me?" Well, he said I tried them in my 270, but they locked up and now the bolt is kinda locked. I asked if he had tried to shoot that ammo in his 270. I could not believe my ears. He did try, and now the bolt was stuck and "what do I do"?

Whew! I said to take it to a gunsmith and do not fiddle with it any more.

Oh my God! He's in his 30's and married with kids. He's been hunting for 20 years. I just cannot imagine that he would do something that clueless. Should I tell his Dad?

I have never thought of the kid as dim witted, but this stupid move leaves me nearly speechless.


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Did you tell him he was ate up with it?

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If his Dad is Bill Engvall, then will probably already know.


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Never seen 140 gr CoreLokts in .270. Just 130 and 150


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Dam crazy! Remington makes 140 core lokt ultras for the .270 winny!

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Call cps and put his kids in foster care. It will be for their benefit


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If he posted on here, from what I have seen this past week I'm thinking a good number of folks would explain how that is a good idea.


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I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.


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Originally Posted By: txtrophy85
Call cps and put his kids in foster care. It will be for their benefit


Agree with this up

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Originally Posted By: txtrophy85
Call cps and put his kids in foster care. It will be for their benefit


First thing, no kidding.

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Couple of years ago, I was at the gun range sighting in. The guy next to me was shooting a .270 and Rem 7mm mag. He accidently loaded a .270 round into the 7 mag. Blew the floor plate off and busted the forearm. Range Officer asked him to take a break and come back another day.


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I have people shoot 380s in 9mm and 9mm in 40S&W relatively frequently. Even had one person try to shoot 9mm in a 357 mag.


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I'd tell somebody, before he hurts himself.

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maybe have a frank conversation with him about it. he should have know better.

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Saw a guy at the range try to shoot .270 in a 30-06 because he ran out of 30-06 ammo. Won't say what the range officer said as it is unprintable. Fortunately nothing catastrophic happened but it was the weirdest sound I ever heard, sort of a "Whoooph". The bullet hit the side wall of the range and ricocheted into the back stop three lanes over from where he was shooting.

"Stupid is forever, ignorance can be fixed" The range officer fixed his ignorance by banning him from ever shooting at the range again.


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eeks333 old age kicken in here. went on hunt with friend. trying ta match bullets with right rifle can be scary. .270 fit in .06 not udder way round don't be too hard on him. stay Safe out thar, best wishes flag



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When he told me what he did, I was almost speechless. I just didn't think that he, or anyone in our family, could do something so stupid. We've all been hunting since we were knee high - great grandfather to grandfather, to father, to son, to grandson, and on to great grandson.

I just cannot come to grips with his doing something so very basically wrong. It's very disturbing. It's sort of like having someone on this forum that you truly believe to be experienced and knowledgable tell you that they just did the same thing. You think they know a lot, but find that they know nothing, and are even dangerous. It would shake you up.

I will have a talk with him, but don't know yet if I'll tell my brother (his dad).


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I would be concerned too.


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I've shot many a 9mm through my .357. But only when I had the 9mm cylinder in it.

I've also shot more than one .380 through a 9mm - sometimes it happens when you are loading on a progressive press that a .380 will slip through the cracks. Most of the time I notice something is not right by the way the round looks after being loaded, but on occasion it slips through.

But I'd never, not in a million years, shoot something like a 6.5x55 in a friggin .270 chamber. That's just not smart at all, and a great way to get yourself hurt. Never mind the fact that you stand a great chance at ruining your rifle.

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He went and bought those bullets with the full intention to shoot them in that 270. It was not an accident. It was a massive attack of stupid. I fully expect that he selected them because they were 140 grains and thought that made it Ok.


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Wow... that is scary.

Have a budy that got a 7mm wby mag for a gift. After a year or so he shot all the ammo that was with it and went to buy some more. when he saw the ammo the 7mm rem mag was much cheaper so he decided to just get that instead. Thankfully someone informed him he couldn't do that before he fired them.


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I was helping work a sight in day at our local club one weekend before season. I was assisting a guy and from two benches over I heard the oddest sound I'd ever heard from a rifle. The fellow that was shooting had the most quizzical look on his face, chambered another round and shot again. I walked over to him to see if I could offer a hand, he replied that he was sure the rifle was on before his trip but he couldn't even see the rounds on paper. Now I kidd you not... somehow "and I'll never know how" this guy had just shot two .308 rounds out of a .270 Figure that one out! All I can think is that they had a running start. None of us could believe someone could be so careless. He just shrugged it off and said "huh I grabbed the wrong box of ammo when I left the house"...

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Did he get it chambered and get it to fire or is it stuck with a live round in it?

If it is an empty case that is stuck he can probably beat the bolt open with a rubber mallet and get the case out. Wouldn't try it with a live round.

Buy him a helmet for Christmas as he is clearly a tard.

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Originally Posted By: adam_p
Did he get it chambered and get it to fire or is it stuck with a live round in it?

If it is an empty case that is stuck he can probably beat the bolt open with a rubber mallet and get the case out. Wouldn't try it with a live round.

Buy him a helmet for Christmas as he is clearly a tard.
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