Guess what this is

[EddieCoyle]

Damn!! 500 smith? 460?

.460 shot in a .500. Go big or go home.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

.460 shot in a .500. Go big or go home.

Did you do this one? Confess!

 

[EddieCoyle]

Did you do this one? Confess!

Nope, but someone did it with my gun. It sounded funny and hit the X ring. No damage to the revolver.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

Nope, but someone did it with my gun. It sounded funny and hit the X ring. No damage to the revolver.

I’ve made the mistake of bringing some noobs to the range and having 3 lever guns chambered in different cartridges.
I caught one guy putting 38s in the loading gate of a 45/70. I stopped him and made sure I never did that again.

 

[BONESTOCK]

So after the last clue I think we are looking for a rifle cartridge as the second one

 

[Mountain]

It's the second worse "wrong chamber" case in my collection.

Appears to have no splits- that makes it a pretty cool wrong chamber casing by itself.

 

[BONESTOCK]

Nope, but someone did it with my gun. It sounded funny and hit the X ring. No damage to the revolver.

From this I think .500 as that is the revolver most likely you would be shooting.

 

[BONESTOCK]

How did the smaller cartridge not fall right out the front of the cylinder when loaded?
Was it held captive in a moon clip and was it done on purpose as a gag?

 

[BONESTOCK]

Sorry if the question seems dumb but you never know. I see videos all the time of really goofy stuff.

 

[dhuze]

I have this one I picked up at my range. It's a .223/5.56 fired in something wrong.

 

[pastera]

What am I supposed to do with a thousand or so once fired 308s now that I can't used them in my 30-06?

 

[EddieCoyle]

How did the smaller cartridge not fall right out the front of the cylinder when loaded?
Was it held captive in a moon clip and was it done on purpose as a gag?

The rim on a .460 won't quite fit in a .500 chamber, so it will headspace and fire. Usually the cases just stretch and fill the chamber with that small of a dimensional difference, but I guess 48 grains of H110 had different ideas.

 

[mac1911]

It's the second worse "wrong chamber" case in my collection.

These probably turn up mor e than you want to know at the nationals/cmp/NRA matches where there is a lot of 30-06 and 308 not socially distancing

 

[EddieCoyle]

What am I supposed to do with a thousand or so once fired 308s now that I can't used them in my 30-06?

Well, nothing blew up....

 

[BONESTOCK]

Your 2016 post of guess what happened now makes me lean heavy to the second being the .460

 

[mac1911]

What am I supposed to do with a thousand or so once fired 308s now that I can't used them in my 30-06?

run them through the FL die they will form right back.....

 

[BONESTOCK]

Great post.
Have a good night all.
I am tired from a long day and couldn't stay on the same page there for a minute.

 

[dhuze]

I also have this .40 round that I don't know what happened to, but whatever it was it wasn't good.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

I also have this .40 round that I don't know what happened to, but whatever it was it wasn't good.

Ouch. I have a 40 that blew out and the case head ripped off. That was a fun night.
Somewhere I have a 45/70 that failed too. I think it was a pinhole in the side IIRC

 

[jpm]

I also have this .40 round that I don't know what happened to, but whatever it was it wasn't good.

I'm going to guess it was a double charge.

 

[BTSDOG]

9mm in a .40.....

 

[swampy]

I dropped a beretta 92 mag into a beretta 96 and fired a 9mm in the 40. After a, "that sounded weird" moment I did it again a couple mag swaps later. It was an interesting way to find out some mags work with different calibers in similar frame guns.

 

[EddieCoyle]

I'm going to guess it was a double charge.

I doubt it. Look at the primer. The pressure would’ve flattened it if there was a double charge.

It doesn’t even look like a firing pin strike set it off. My guess is it was a weird FTF, the extractor set it off, and hilarity ensued.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

"Know your target and what's behind it and what ammo is in your gun". Jack.

 

[jpm]

I doubt it. Look at the primer. The pressure would’ve flattened it if there was a double charge.

But it almost looks like the primer flowed around the firing pin.

 

[akma]

New meaning of "fire forming".

 

[EddieCoyle]

But it almost looks like the primer flowed around the firing pin.

The edges of the primer are still round, not even flattened the way they are when the round fires normally, and that's no firing pin dent. That case exploded because it went off outside the chamber with something preventing the bullet from exiting the case.

Like, the person had a loose round in the chamber and was holding the slide back and trying to dump it out, but the slide slipped out of his hand, the extractor impacted the primer while the round was in the ejector port.

 

[jpm]

Like, the person had a loose round in the chamber and was holding the slide back and trying to dump it out, but the slide slipped out of his hand, the extractor impacted the primer while the round was in the ejector port.

Ah yes, I can see that happening now! The ejection port holds the bullet in place while the extractor hits the primer and boom goes the case. Someone needed to change their shorts after that I bet!

 

[KBCraig]

7.62x51 NATO fired in a 7.5x54 French chamber?

 

[drgrant]

I also have this .40 round that I don't know what happened to, but whatever it was it wasn't good.

That looks like a freak "what happens when you drop a box of loose ammunition and one goes off" job.

-Mike