Somehow I loaded a 22-250 brass with 38gr of RL#7 and a 50gr bullet.
Needless to say it was a bit hot! The chamber smoked for a good 15-25 seconds after i fired it.
The bolt is stuck! I can not get it to lift up. What did i do? HELP!

Yikes--quickload is telling me that was 109,000 psi. As bad as you feel you may be very lucky. That (i think) could have blown the gun. Get it to a good smith. Let us know what becomes of this. I'm sure some good people will tell us more soon. I'm guessing you thought it was h 380 or 760??

I would take it to a good gunsmith and let him check the lugs and measure headspace. You are very lucky it didn't blow up in your face.

it's a fubar. You might wind up with a wallhanger, btw. You could have swelled the chamber, set back the lugs, and/or "brassplated" you action and bolt together.

Please edit your post and put "way too much powder" as someone might say .. woohoo, this guy lived through it, and my rebarreled 1896 swede will too!!!

jeffe

BearLake:

What kind of rifle was it that you were firing?

Sorry so long to reply I have been busy at work. Yes my luck is most likely used up. I think what happened was my scale was set at 38gr instead of 28gr when i set up my powder measurer. When I squeezed that round off it made a very sharp crack. Way different sound then normal. The recoil felt about the same. The chamber smoked for about 15 seconds. If I could get the brass out it would most likley be split and the primer gone for sure. I put the gun in a padded vise after I took the scope off. I can NOT get the bolt open. I used a block of wood and a mason hammer to try and pound the bolt open. The stock is ok and i am sending the rest in to see if I can salvage the barrel. There are no cracks splits or metal stress visable to the eye.
The gun WAS a Savage model 12FV in 22-250 with 26" heavy barrel. A real great shooter. One of the only guns i have taken pain staking steps to break in and clean after every 5 rounds. What a waste.
If that little 50gr bullet didn't come apart down range I wonder how fast it was going?

If I remember right I think quickload told me a little over 4100 fps. As I get older I worry about scale set up. A while back I bought a pact electronic scale to check case and bullet weights. I never liked using it for making up powder charges. BUT before I load anything I turn it on and double check that first load that comes off the balance beam scale. ONE TIME I remember having the balance beam scale set wrong by ALOT!!!!!!!!!!!! I could have been in your shoes.

IF I didn't have the electronic scale I would put together a selection of 50-100 grain bullets that had been weighed carefully. Then I would use them as check wts before loading each and everytime.

HOPEFULLY you have made a really good contribution here to keep all us old "confident" reloaders a little sharper and who knows--you may have saved someone from a bad accident or maybe even a life!

The only good thing about this is it has motivated me me to build a larger bench. I need more room and a cleaner work station to reload. I think my mesy cramped bench has been the cause of a few close calls and mistakes. Maybe the wife will let me get an electronic scale!

That was a bad mistake I have to admit but I think I might have you beat. I have several matching Ruger M77 MKII rifles with 50 mm Leupold scopes mounted on them, this is where the problem starts. A couple of week ago I shot a 308 Win. 125 grain ballistic tip loaded to 3200 fps in my 270 win. Yes in a 270 Win. The action smoked for awhile but the bullet hit the target. The rifle did not blow up and after I cleaned out my shorts I quickly realized that I have used up most of my luck also. I took the rifle to my local gunsmith and he confirmed that I should send it to Ruger to have them check it out. That where my 270 Win is as we speak. The one thing that I learned that day was accidents can happen to even the most safety minded shooter and reloader.
Good luck with your rifle.