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  1. 24-10-2015, 08:35 PM #1
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    Visiting my LGS today and they showed me a picture of a 243 Howa that a customer had bought and hand loaded some rounds for, he couldn't get the bolt to close or remove a chambered live round so took it to the local gun smith, he managed to close the bolt and fired the round, which blew the bolt handle and much of the RHS of the action to pieces.
    turns out the guy had never reloaded before and just filled the case up and seated the projectile on top, luckily the gunsmith wasn't injured
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    Quote Originally Posted by specweapon View Post
    Visiting my LGS today and they showed me a picture of a 243 Howa that a customer had bought and hand loaded some rounds for, he couldn't get the bolt to close or remove a chambered live round so took it to the local gun smith, he managed to close the bolt and fired the round, which blew the bolt handle and much of the RHS of the action to pieces.
    turns out the guy had never reloaded before and just filled the case up and seated the projectile on top, luckily the gunsmith wasn't injured
    well, its not much of a gunsmith, that would be that foolish. A hand load, that wouldn't chamber, lots red flags,
    As for the owner, sum people just shouldn't be allowed to play with fire, fuel or powder?
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