Brother in law asked me to sight in his new rifle, a Winchester Stainless Stalker with camoflauge stock in 270 WSM. He also has a .243. He accidently loaded a 243 into the 270WSM. When I shot the rifle the gas hit me in the face as well as erupted into a small cloud. At first I thought it was just a peirced primer, but discover otherwise when I pulled the case out. All in all extremely lucky. I do not know if a Remington action would have even fired and whether it would have handled the problem any better.

Thank god that you weren't hurt. NEVER let another man load a gun that YOU are going to fire. Load it yourself.

if you weren't hurt I would say the action did a good job..MAN that must have scared the crap out of you.Good way to develop a little flinch!!!

I fired a 270 in a 7mag Savage 110 once. Not any gas to the face, at all. Plenty of it into the action, however.... Still digging pieces of brass out of various recesses. Some actions DO manage gas better than others. JMO, Dutch.

Definitely scared me! After knoking the brass out of the chamber I cleaned the rifle. Examined the bolt closely! As I was getting ready to fire the correct round I could not pull the trigger. I kept looking at the bolt and thinking that if it was damaged that it would come back and go through my jaw! Finally just held rifle at arms length and pulled trigger! Next rounds went well but had to really concentrate to NOT flinch. All in all a really sobering experience.

Guess now we know it is impossible to fireform 243's to 270WSM's, huh?! definately a good thing you did not get hurt. Shrapnel to the face kinda sucks(not that I know firsthand...).

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Originally posted by gixxer:
Guess now we know it is impossible to fireform 243's to 270WSM's, huh?! definately a good thing you did not get hurt. Shrapnel to the face kinda sucks(not that I know firsthand...).

You're a cruel man.

Terry

As far as wildcats go I doubt that the .243 / 270 WSM GatorT/C improved is really going to take off .

Go buy a lottery ticket .

Worst I ever did was a 308 in a 30.06. That scared me enough when I realized it. Sure is funny looking.

I had a similar experience. All I saw was a ball of fire and my face got real warm real fast. As luck would have it, the scope kept all shrapnel below my eye. My 6 yr. old son was with me and at the shot, he began screaming. I told him that everything was OK and to calm down. Then he looks up at me in tears and says " but Dad, your face is bleeding". All I could think to say was "Well, maybe we SHOULD go home then".

Lesson learned