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.338 Lapua Magnum KABOOM
The Firearm Blog ^ | 2-19-14 | Steve Johnson

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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Sports
KEYWORDS: banglist; gunsafety; messedup
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To: Squantos

Almost...


41 posted on 02/22/2014 9:27:52 PM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: smokingfrog

If I remember he was practicing fast draw and didn’t remember the gun was loaded.


42 posted on 02/22/2014 9:28:55 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: mylife; Eaker
Is it FR etiquette to ping Eaker to every KABOOM posting?
43 posted on 02/22/2014 9:29:06 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog; Eaker

Yep

Still like my Garand though.


44 posted on 02/22/2014 9:31:12 PM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: smokingfrog

Who cleans their weapon BEFORE they shoot?


45 posted on 02/22/2014 9:36:31 PM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: TigersEye; yarddog

Your rod was your last round. Out of ammo and about to die? What have you got to lose? Pour in some powder, push in a patch and without a ball or bullet it will expel the rod with, hopefully, enough velocity to do damage.


46 posted on 02/22/2014 9:39:05 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: Eagles6

Under those circumstances I guess you might as well give it a try.


47 posted on 02/22/2014 9:46:15 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: smokingfrog; Eaker

Naw, just bad manners.


48 posted on 02/22/2014 9:52:14 PM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law and does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Dead Corpse; smokingfrog
Expensive stupidity...

Actually, for stupidity of this magnitude, I'd say it was pretty cheap.

49 posted on 02/22/2014 9:55:36 PM PST by rmh47 (Go Kats! - Got eight? NRA Life Member])
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To: bobby.223

No, what I’m saying is the hand loads had a problem sticking in the chamber and that is why the rod was being used to push the stuck empty case out of the chamber.


50 posted on 02/22/2014 10:26:27 PM PST by mabarker1 (Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
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To: All

Another reason to use a Bore Snake.


51 posted on 02/22/2014 10:32:24 PM PST by Rodney Dangerfield ("It's not a good time for me right now" -- http://therealwendy.com/)
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To: yarddog
I have read that during the War Between the States, it was pretty common for soldiers in the heat of battle to leave the ram rod in the bore. Black powder is pretty low pressure so the guns probably didn’t blow up every time.

35 years ago a bunch of us were plinking with our black powder rifles and one guy was using a heavy glass range rod with a T handle to reload his 50 T/C Hawken. He left the rod in and fired it by accident. That brass crescent buttplate gave him a great bruise and the rod went about 300 yards and stuck in the mud flat. We sawed about an inch off the end and glued on another tip and the rod and rifle were good to go.

52 posted on 02/22/2014 10:37:14 PM PST by eartrumpet
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To: Squantos; MileHi; smokingfrog; mylife; humblegunner

Smile when you say that pilgrim!

;<)


53 posted on 02/22/2014 10:46:16 PM PST by Eaker (Sweat dries, blood clots and bones heal so suck it up buttercup.)
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To: smokingfrog

Am going to take a SWAG that this is, or rather was, a Savage 110FCP.


54 posted on 02/22/2014 10:47:33 PM PST by Rockpile
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To: smokingfrog
MORON
55 posted on 02/22/2014 10:57:23 PM PST by metalurgist ( Want your country back? It'll take guns and rope. Marxists won't give up peaceably.)
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To: smokingfrog

I don’t like public ranges because of what I call ‘Perfessers’ working up loads and doing unusual things. Annoys me when they seem to always take a lane in the middle of the line so as to inflict the most risk on the largest number of other shooters.

You have to scan around at public ranges before setting up to make sure you’re not just plopping down next to a ‘Perfesser’ or an otherwise commonly dangerous schnook like Señor Explodo de la Lapua as we see here. What an ass. Hope it cost him a fortune.

Usually, I just go shoot in the desert despite having an outstanding public range nearby.


56 posted on 02/22/2014 11:02:22 PM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: The KG9 Kid
Usually, I just go shoot in the desert despite having an outstanding public range nearby.

There's a public, unsupervised range near here. If I pull up and anyone else is shooting, I turn around. If I am shooting and someone shows up, I pack up and leave.

57 posted on 02/23/2014 12:24:06 AM PST by eartrumpet
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To: smokingfrog

Yeah, but did the cleaning rod hit the target?


58 posted on 02/23/2014 12:37:37 AM PST by Bullish (America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
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To: eartrumpet

Indeed. Sporting safety aside, there’s risk in shooting at known shooting spots because criminals sometimes visit them to rob people of guns. I’ve read of murders, but most thefts I’ve heard of are criminals who just sit back and wait for someone to go change their target then drive off with their gear. So much for background checks.

I shoot at places you’d need to be an experienced off-roader to get to and have GPS and topo maps to find. I basically have a forbidding and empty state the size of France all to myself to shoot in as long as I take sufficient equipment along with me. Certainly want to bring along a convoy of similarly equipped pals...


59 posted on 02/23/2014 12:45:12 AM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: The KG9 Kid

I’m in the next state north. Plenty of lonely places to shoot here, too.

I don’t fear the gun range murders or thefts, but after shooting so many sanctioned competitions of various breeds, I like to know the range is under control when I am at the targets. Some people think if the bench is vacant, the range is open.


60 posted on 02/23/2014 1:05:45 AM PST by eartrumpet
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