Rifle destroyed by wrong powder

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I only have one,thank god.
I use it to load everything I need from .223 to .458 Win Mag.

But loading errors with factory ammunition also happen.
I remember a manufacturer recalling a batch that did not contain powder...............

@Foxi
I was at the range one day and a man was using a brand new Sako 6.5x55. Cartridges were brand new Sellior and Bellot 6.5x55 factory loads. First shot didn't sound right second shot locked up the action and it couldn't even be opened with a lump of 4x2.
Last I saw he was off to the gunshop he bought it off.
Just shows shit does happen sometimes even with neww stuff.
Bob

 

[fourfive8]

Having intentionally blown up various rifles and shotguns in a previous life, the sound is very distinctive. Make sense too because all the little pieces of brass, steel and gas coming out the back are traveling super sonic. The sound is indeed unique. A muffled, high pitched "crack". Most think it is a loud rumbling booooom! It is not. Just for grins, google what a nuclear detonation really sounds like. It is not a loud, rumbling boooom. It is a high pitched "crack" sound. Most of the sounds you hear when watching nuclear test videos are actually B-roll dubbed-in sounds.... used for dramatic effect