Stupid burns!
Posted on 02/22/2014 8:14:19 PM PST by smokingfrog
You might well think that the catastrophic destruction of firearms caused by shooters leaving their cleaning rods inside their guns was a rare occurrence, but you would be wrong. It happens far to often. These photos show what happens when a cleaning rod is left in a .338 Lapua Magnum rifle. A member of the SnipersHide forum reported that this KABOOM happened two benches down from him at the range. The shooter only sustained minor injuries. Two holes were punched in roof and pieces of the rifle were scattered around the range.
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Negligence ! ! Lucky someone didn’t get maimed or worse. No excuse for this.
Me
Problems with ejecting? Or problems in reusing brass one too many times? Sounds to me like repetitive case expansion.
Yikes and damn; what a waste of a perfectly good 338. The shooter’s lucky to walk away from that one with ‘minor injuries’.
Over the years, I’ve seen some KABOOMS, from idiots overclocking rounds, which were very colorful and nasty. Maybe the scope can be salvaged. If he’s pushing brass with that rod after shots, something’s wrong and he shouldn’t be shooting near others. Shooter should be relegated to a Daisy BB gun status on the 25ft lane.
And phew, that range’s grass apron looks filthy, too.
Stupid burns!
Have been in many Civil War museums across the country. There is almost always a display of bent and twisted rifle-musket ram rods. These had been shot at the enemy during the heat of battle.
How long You known this guy? He may be batfe...
I know that Perfesser as I met him at the range last year. Had just picked up a new AK-74 with red dot sight. He looks over and said those are not very good weapons and you won’t be happy with the way it preforms. In one mag. I had it hitting in the same spot every time at 25 yards. I packed up to go home as I was going to the outdoor long range the next day. Last words from the Perfesser was you must have got the good one.
Well if Skeeter can admit to shooting a tv I guess I can too. I was about 9 years old and my brother inlaw and a couple of his friends took me rabbit hunting with them one night. We took dad’s old Winchester pump 22 and his JC Higgens 22 auto. The next morning dad told me to clean those rifles before he left for work. I cleaned the Winchester and when I picked up the JC Higgens I seen that it was still loaded. I pulled the tube out and dumped all the shells and the worked the action to remove the one from the chamber. It was about that time that Jed Clampett was fixing to fire the shot where the oil bubbled up and I had the cross hairs of the old 4 power Weaver right on his head. When he pulled the trigger I pulled the trigger and put a round right in the middle of our 6 month old 24 inch B/W RCA. Scared the living chit out of my and my sister came running from the back room where she had been a sleep just in time to see the smoke coming from the screen. What I didn’t realize at the time was even though I dumped the tube mag and removed the one from the chamber, there was still one in the follower. Dad didn’t talk to me for a week and that hurt far more than if he’d just broke the belt out, he was my bestest buddy. Pop’s 93 years old now and still reminds me of that every chance he gets. He’s still my bestest buddy.
Ha!
Lucky you!
“Your rod was your last round.”
Can’t remember the name of the book but it was about a mountain man who was chasing down a band of indians that had raided his camp and killed his young wife. He chased them for months taking them one at a time until it came to the leader of the group. He was out of bullets and the leader was coming after him with a tomahawk and a knife. He threw some powder down the barrel, primed the pan and stuck the rod in the barrel and shot the leader at about 5 ft. This was over 50 years ago and I can invision it as if it were a movie.
My Dad passed away back in 2007. He was 85 years old. I have all the wonderful memories of our hunting, shooting, and fishing throughout the years. He was a WWII vet and my hero.
Cherish everything and every minute with your Dad. Time flies by and we are soon left with just our memories.
KMFA kerry
Just so happens I’m going over to see him today, he was married to my Mom for 67 years before she passed away. we’ve got him set up in an assited living place and he’s doing fine. Has his own apartment and they cook 3 meals a day and keep his place clean. He can’t see anymore but he loves to sit and listen to his audio books. I’ll take him out to the patio and we’ll sit and talk and might even drink a little whisky. Pop survived hitting the beach at Tarawa even though he was shot in the leg he kept fighting and wasn’t removed until two days later. He shoke my hand and gave me a big hug when I was getting on the plane in Frisco headed to Vietnam and was there when they brought me back 11 months later after I was wounded in 71. He didn’t leave my side for a month until I was released to travel. I don’t think the word Hero properly describes my feelings for Pop but I can’t think of a better one.
I was at a public range and this guy shows up all decked out in safari gear. He has a super high end rifle that shoots some huge H&H round. He straps it incorrectly into a lead sled and on the first shot the rifle jumps completely out of the sled, shears the comb off and lands about 3 feet behind him. I just said “bummer, man” as he was staring at his gun in pieces on the ground.
It has also been documented that a number of soldiers would never fire but just load and load and load... have to see if I can find the references.
God bless your Dad and you. I cannot thank both of you enough for your service and for protecting me our Country.
Sounds like John Garrison aka Jerimiah Johnson. There were a couple of books about him. The movie was loosely based on one.
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