Comments on: Doh! Make Sure Your Ammo Fits Your Chamber!

By: tom

tom — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:42:15 +0000

I load both 6mmBR and 22BR. Even though I only take one to the range at a time, I use different brass for each (Lapua, Peterson, respectively) as a gut check when I’m loading and then shooting.

By: Richard L Jackson

Richard L Jackson — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:20:24 +0000

bE SAFE RELOAD ONE BATCH OF SHELLS AT A TIME AND KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOADING AND ONLY PUT AMMO ON THE BENCH FOR THE GUN YOU ARE SHOOTING AND ONLY HAVE ONE GUN OUT AT A TIME. a GUN CAN RUIN YOUR WHOLE DAY. jUST SAYING

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 06:30:38 +0000

I found an odd-looking 9 x 21 case on my usual range.

I didn’t know they made a “belted” version……….

Faint signs of chamber flutes; maybe one of our “lads” tried to run some through one of their MP-5s?

They have .40 cal Glocks, but, as far as I know they still use 9 x 19 MP-5s.

By: Laurie Holland

Laurie Holland — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 18:04:31 +0000

Ha – that’s an ‘improved’ case and then some! I once managed to get a 223 Rem to chamber and fire in a 6.8SPC rifle – no pressure of course with the seriously undersize bullet, but it still managed to produce a magnificently swollen-body case with some small splits. It made me a lot more careful afterwards about checking ammo box labels before loading.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 02:26:20 +0000

One part of the problem was that the casehead wasn’t being held by the bolt, that WSM case head is a lot bigger than a .308; look how far the case is deformed up from the base.

By: watercam

watercam — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:04:12 +0000

It’s even worse when cops make those mistakes. Our club hosts half a dozen small PDs for their training and we all descend on the place when they are done to police brass (which they steadfastly refuse to police themselves, so..). Plenty of 9MM’s shot in 40s&w and even a couple of 9’s out of .45acp’s as well which I did not think one could make happen. Scary.