I bet we've all done it

by Mike Barranti, Thursday, June 26, 2014, 06:25 (3809 days ago) @ Bud

Charlie Hanna and I were shooting his Virginia Dragoon in 44 mag a couple years ago in Raton, NM. Charlie had several boxes of his handloads that he wanted us to shoot up and one shot sounded funny and recoiled differently so we stopped shooting to see what the problem was. He couldn't extract the fired case so he retired to his truck to sort out the problem. He came back to me a few minutes later apologizing over and over and showed me the split case he had pounded out of the chamber...yep...41 mag! I spoke with him recently and we reminisced about that day...it sticks with you and is something you most likely won't do again!

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Bone Head Move - Art, 2014-06-25, 18:11
- You pulled a JimT... - Paul, 2014-06-25, 18:15
  - You pulled a JimT... - Art, 2014-06-25, 18:37
    - Another reason to ignor the .41 ... - Rob Leahy, 2014-06-25, 18:45
      - I will have to be REAL careful if I do hot loads for my 45 - stonewalrus, 2014-06-25, 19:19
      - Another reason to ignor the .41 ... - Art, 2014-06-25, 19:43
        
        I'm just ribbing you about it. It's a fine caliber... - Rob Leahy, 2014-06-25, 19:52
  - a certain young female shooter that we all know - bj2, 2014-06-25, 20:05
    - I bet we've all done it - Bud, 2014-06-25, 20:31
      - I bet we've all done it - Cherokee, 2014-06-25, 21:58
      - I bet we've all done it - Mike Barranti, 2014-06-26, 06:25
      - Knocks on wood, thankfully I'm very careful and haven't done - StoneWolf, 2014-06-26, 07:41
- At one time I shot a bunch of .38 Spl brass in a 41...... - Harry O-1, 2014-06-26, 07:00
- .44 Special in a .45 Colt here. - Hoot, 2014-06-26, 07:06
- Had a friend almost fire a 30-06 round in a 270 - stonewalrus, 2014-06-26, 11:31
- I fired a 300 H&H in a 300 Weatherby once. - MR, 2014-06-26, 20:06
  - 308 in 30-06 - Catoosa, 2014-06-26, 21:51
    - Oh yeah.... - Hoot, 2014-06-26, 22:10
      - Oh yeah.... - Art, 2014-06-27, 06:38
        
        It's a fun round. - Hoot, 2014-06-27, 06:48
        
        It's a fun round. - Art, 2014-06-27, 15:04
  - I fired a 300 H&H in a 300 Weatherby once. - bob, 2014-06-28, 21:35

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