Sharing a old kaboom story of mine for newbies

[nastynatesfish]

Bare with me I'm trying to get links and pics to the original story and I'm on my iPhone

well it started with me loading ammo for a range trip. i got back and decided to load up 5 rounds of ammo to try different. got home loaded those and the next morning went to go shoot them. BOOOMMMM. when i recovered from the shot i looked at my gun and the whole reciever was smoking. i tried to open the bold and it was stuck. i came home and tried again, nothing. i decided to let it sit with some lube into it, took it out of the stock and sprayed it down. set it in my vise and soaked it. the next morning i started on it trying to open the bolt. using my nylon mallet, tap, tap tap. it moved a little, ok tapped it closed. tap tap tap snap. the bolt handle hit the floor. i was fairly sick to my stomach then, got the barrel nut wrench out and tryied to break the nut loose, nothing. finally got the barrel to turn some. soaked it with moly grease. tarted working it back and forth, thats when i saw my .250 recoil lug moving with the barrel. went to Circle K and got a 6 pack. got home and and started cranking on it, i knew it was done. got the barrel off and stared at the spent case stuck in the bolt head, used my mallet and banged it out, thats when it turned into a game. finished my 6 pack and went to bed. the next morning my brother in law called and said he loaded some rounds for his grandpas 44mag. thans when i told him to come get his crap out of my house and buy his own. told him what happened. like i said i think the 65 grains of reloader 2400 was to hot for the 154 interloc i was trying to push out of it, lol. sold my FAL and bought the sps and started over. that was 2 years ago, and yes i learned from my mistake. i now lock my powders up and keep my loading table to myself. never crossed my mind to check the powder dump to see if it had been changed. i do now everytime i open a jug of powder.

 

[nastynatesfish]

Here's a link to all the photos. Should work

http://www.predatormastersforums.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showgallery&Number=1916246&#Post1916246

 

[jonbearman]

What powder did you think it was? That is horrible.Thank God you are alive to tell the story.I empty my powder resivor religiously now with no exceptions.

 

[jonbearman]

With that kind of abuse it prove's the savage has brute strength.

 

[nastynatesfish]

I was loading my 7mag with rl19

Here's a quikload a member did for me on the other forum with the thrown charge of 65gr rl2400 and the 154 interbond.
This is why I cringe evertimr I see someone asking for pet loads and not a mention of loading up to in their rifle.


well you can say the action did it job .your still here
just a note if that the load you had you had about 200000psi


Cartridge : 7 mm Rem. Mag.
Bullet : .284, 154, Hornady InterBond 28309
Useable Case Capaci: 75.191 grain H2O = 4.882 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.290 inch = 83.57 mm
Barrel Length : 26.0 inch = 660.4 mm
Powder : Alliant 2400

Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 2.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !

Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
% % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms

-20.0 79 52.00 3245 3600 118061 9191 100.0 0.951 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
-18.0 81 53.30 3291 3703 124356 9360 100.0 0.932 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
-16.0 83 54.60 3336 3806 130914 9526 100.0 0.914 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
-14.0 85 55.90 3382 3911 137751 9689 100.0 0.896 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
-12.0 87 57.20 3427 4015 144881 9850 100.0 0.879 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
-10.0 89 58.50 3472 4121 152321 10007 100.0 0.863 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
-08.0 91 59.80 3516 4228 160091 10161 100.0 0.847 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
-06.0 93 61.10 3561 4335 168211 10312 100.0 0.832 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
-04.0 95 62.40 3605 4443 176702 10460 100.0 0.817 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
-02.0 97 63.70 3649 4553 185589 10605 100.0 0.802 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+00.0 99 65.00 3693 4663 194898 10746 100.0 0.789 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+02.0 101 66.30 3736 4774 204657 10884 100.0 0.775 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0 103 67.60 3780 4886 214899 11018 100.0 0.762 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+06.0 105 68.90 3824 5000 225657 11149 100.0 0.749 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+08.0 107 70.20 3867 5114 236970 11276 100.0 0.737 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+10.0 109 71.50 3911 5230 248881 11399 100.0 0.725 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!

Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba 99 65.00 3703 4688 204767 10702 100.0 0.778 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba 99 65.00 3679 4628 182927 10806 100.0 0.803 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!