Let me start off by saying I'm new to the reloading game. I know the mistake I made and I'm not looking for criticism on safety issues or or name calling.
That being said here's what happened...
I went to the range today with my recently purchased Kimber 8400 chambered in 300 Win Mag. I hand loaded 4 sets of 5 rounds with various powder charges to see which one my new rifle liked the most. My dad (who is a long time experienced reloader) went with me and also has a Kimber 8400 300 win mag. Prior to shooting any of my loads, I was going to use some of his rounds to get my rifle on paper. I put the first round in, attempted to close the bolt, and the round stuck in the chamber. I couldn't put the bolt into battery. I pulled the bolt out of the rifle, held the rifle verticle, and tapped on the butt with no success on removing the round. I then put the rifle back on the table and held the rifle in place while my dad put a cleaning rod through the bore in an attempt to push the round back out. after 3 taps... BOOM! the round fired and the brass came flying out smacking me in the face.
After about 10 minutes to control the bleeding and another hour thoroughly inspecting the rifle and gathering our thoughts we went straight to my hand loads without a problem. 20 rounds in all.
We concluded that his rounds wouldn't chamber in my rifle because the brass was once fired from his rifle and weren't full-length sized. I didn't think it would be an issue since they are the exact same rifle... my mistake. My question is, what would make the round fire from tapping it on the bullet tip? Could it have pushed the bullet into the brass far enough to ignite the primer?
Ill post some pictures in a few
That being said here's what happened...
I went to the range today with my recently purchased Kimber 8400 chambered in 300 Win Mag. I hand loaded 4 sets of 5 rounds with various powder charges to see which one my new rifle liked the most. My dad (who is a long time experienced reloader) went with me and also has a Kimber 8400 300 win mag. Prior to shooting any of my loads, I was going to use some of his rounds to get my rifle on paper. I put the first round in, attempted to close the bolt, and the round stuck in the chamber. I couldn't put the bolt into battery. I pulled the bolt out of the rifle, held the rifle verticle, and tapped on the butt with no success on removing the round. I then put the rifle back on the table and held the rifle in place while my dad put a cleaning rod through the bore in an attempt to push the round back out. after 3 taps... BOOM! the round fired and the brass came flying out smacking me in the face.
After about 10 minutes to control the bleeding and another hour thoroughly inspecting the rifle and gathering our thoughts we went straight to my hand loads without a problem. 20 rounds in all.
We concluded that his rounds wouldn't chamber in my rifle because the brass was once fired from his rifle and weren't full-length sized. I didn't think it would be an issue since they are the exact same rifle... my mistake. My question is, what would make the round fire from tapping it on the bullet tip? Could it have pushed the bullet into the brass far enough to ignite the primer?
Ill post some pictures in a few
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