Comments on: Cleaning Rod in Barrel Causes Catastrophic .338 LM Kaboom!

By: harold dale

harold dale — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:48:54 +0000

Could it be the Chinese Super Sniper scope been dial in wrong?

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 04:19:34 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me how reading forums like this one is like the party game where you tell the first person a story and by the time it comes around to the last person, its a completely different story.

By: D. Fry

D. Fry — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:04:02 +0000

@Aaron Berg:

If Hornady brass or ammo is being used that may be the issue. I witnessed a friend shooting Hornady 338LP and every factory loaded round stuck. He contacted Hornady and they reimbursed him for both boxes. There was an issue with a batch of Hornady 338 ammo (the casings in particular).
Best regards,
DF

By: Durr

Durr — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 01:17:03 +0000

Nothing a little well placed duct tape can’t fix!

Really though all those around much less the shooter himself is lucky to be okay. That was a close call to be sure.

Also why I check the barrel is clear before I insert the bolt to start shooting each time. Just in case something got left in there I didn’t notice when cleaning. Although I usually check it when done cleaning and putting it away too. Can’t be too careful!

By: Aaron Berg

Aaron Berg — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:05:05 +0000

I have had same sticking case in savage 110 ba . so far I have reduced powder / full length sized and trimmed . This so far seems to have corrected problem. components are Hornady once fired brass/ Hornady 285 bthp/R-22/Fed215

By: Denny

Denny — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:09:50 +0000

Was his extractor ring broke or was he lifting the bolt then using the rod? Goes to show, don’t get mad when you are trying to get a gun to shoot good. Been there. Savage action saved the day.

By: Andre

Andre — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:28:26 +0000

It is amazing that the action remained mostly in one piece. A great testimonial for Savage.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:52:04 +0000

better be glad he still has a face and no one else around him was injured. Why I like shooting by myself at the range

By: George

George — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:07:55 +0000

Some of you guys just don’t get it. It has nothing to do with “other people’s reloads” or “clean from the chamber”. This is simply a very common mistake of allowing emotions (as in disappointment in load performance – here, it’s sticking cases) to over-ride total concentration on each step of the load/aim/fire/unload/reload sequence. I’m always troubled when shooters make light of these kinds of accidents, knowing that someone could have easily turned up dead as a result.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:03:39 +0000

Not the first time a cleaning rod got fired out of .338 Salvage barrel at Manatee.