Always Check Your Powders! Savagrenade!

[CommsNBombs]

A mutual friend of mine who reloads a metric booty-tonne of calibers made a giant no-no and put the wrong powder hopper on his Dillon 650...

It was supposed to be a 175gr SMK 308 with 41gr Varget. Instead it became 41gr Titegroup.

Dont know how he did it, experienced reloader he either snorted half of Bolivia up his nose, buttchugged a gallon of shine or had brief retardation.

The barrel is fine - his hands are banged up and his face looks like Perez Hilton made drunk love to it but the gun is obviously....not under warranty anymore.

TL;DR = check your powder otherwise ALLAHU AKBAR

KeK x40



Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

[gregintenn]

Why isn't anyone ever shooting over a chronograph when this happens? :wall: You know that bullet was screaming!

[musicman]

Sheesh! How do you have so many friends who keep blowing up guns! I suggest you find a new crowd, lol!

Who am I to talk... one blew up in my hands too, but at least it wasn't ammo I made. :/ yet. Edited January 21, 2016 by musicman

[hipower]

HOLY CRAP!!!!

[TripleGGG]

Wow. Lucky is an understatement.

[Mwhiskey]

Holy crap!  Glad your friend is ok.

[gjohnsoniv]

Guses that's not covered under warranty lol.

[CommsNBombs]

Why isn't anyone ever shooting over a chronograph when this happens? :wall: You know that bullet was screaming!

From what I was told the bullet didnt make it out of the barrel - as his 308 case became the equivelent of a low explosive grenade

Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

[Caster]

I'm sure he's beat up enough but I gotta wonder, how do you confuse Varget [extruded] with Titegroup which has some of the smallest granulations of any powder I have ever used.  

 

He's lucky to be among the living.  

[CommsNBombs]

I'm sure he's beat up enough but I gotta wonder, how do you confuse Varget [extruded] with Titegroup which has some of the smallest granulations of any powder I have ever used.

He's lucky to be among the living.

Thats exactly what I asked. Titegroup is not only tiny and granulated its pretty silverish and pretty. (I think he snorted half of Bolivia)

Granted Ive never used Varget but TG is very unique looking

Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

[gregintenn]

From what I was told the bullet didnt make it out of the barrel - as his 308 case became the equivelent of a low explosive grenade

Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

Ouch!

[Jamie Jackson]

Damn. That sucks. I'm glad he's OK as well.

 

I have blown up a handgun....long ago...but Damn! 41 grs of Titegroup?! He's really fortunate to have not been badly injured Comms.

 

I only have 3 powder measures and only 2 of those actually get any use. Each are labeled with the current powder and grain weight I'm using at the time they are in fact in use.

 

I know Titegroup is a very fine powder, but thought Varget was fairly bulky extruded powder. I've never used Varget but one would think the difference would be noticeable

[Jamie Jackson]

OOPS...I obviously type too slow.

 

:dropjaw:

[Grand Torino]

That's gonna leave a mark.

[Hozzie]

I guess this reinforces my idea to always empty my powder measures after I am done for the day. He's one lucky sob.

[R_Bert]

I guess this reinforces my idea to always empty my powder measures after I am done for the day. He's one lucky sob.

and, one container of powder in use at a time. Period.  The rest sealed up and on the shelf. 

[Oh Shoot]

....

It was supposed to be a 175gr SMK 308 with 41gr Varget. Instead it became 41gr Titegroup.

....

From what I was told the bullet didnt make it out of the barrel - as his 308 case became the equivelent of a low explosive grenade
 

 

He says it was 7mm-08, 120gr bullet.

 

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/tag/kaboom/

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=553905

 

 

That's gonna leave a mark.

 

See gore shot in first link above. Happened over a year ago, so I imagine he's all better now. :)

 

- OS

 

 

 

 

[CommsNBombs]

He says it was 7mm-08, 120gr bullet.

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/tag/kaboom/

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=553905



See gore shot in first link above. Happened over a year ago, so I imagine he's all better now. :)

- OS

Didnt know it was on TFL

Like I said he is a mutual friend and I didnt get the story straight from him

Either way...check your powders

Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

[KahrMan]

I wonder where the other half of the scope went.

[Sam1]

That dude is lucky, hopefully he's not hurt too bad.

[DWARREN123]

Buff right out! Been sniffing the Tite Group I bet!   :stunned:

[bigun]

I guess this reinforces my idea to always empty my powder measures after I am done for the day. He's one lucky sob.

Ditto. Glad he's not hurt too bad.

[Dustbuster]

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk, its either this or smoke signals!

[OH UNCLE PAUL]

Front fell off.