Forget to take your Bore Sighter Out?

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09 April 2009, 00:55

22WRF

Forget to take your Bore Sighter Out?

I am sure many of you have seen these photos before, but if not they are a good reminder to remove the boresighter before sighting in the new rifle for the first time. Sadly, the gentleman who was shooting was injured in the face, although I do not know if it was from gas escapement or if from metal shards.

09 April 2009, 06:10

homebrewer

Looks like a good reason to give Krieger a call...

I'm interested to know what it sounds like when something like that happens? Not the swearing after the fact, but the sound of heavy steel being torn apart...

09 April 2009, 08:12

JBrown

quote:
I'm interested to know what it sounds like when something like that happens? Not the swearing after the fact, but the sound of heavy steel being torn apart...

Funny, I wondered the same thing myself...

I would think that it would get you attention.

Jason

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09 April 2009, 19:59

Allan DeGroot

quote:
Originally posted by ShopCartRacing:
Unscrew the barrel and it would make a pretty sweet lamp.

I was thinking pretty much the same thing

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09 April 2009, 21:27

homebrewer

quote:
Unscrew the barrel and it would make a pretty sweet lamp.

Very sharp edges. No little kids allowed...

10 April 2009, 06:44

Mike in Michigan

Ever since I first saw this photo a few years back, I have wondered why the barrel split straight back instead of following the lines of the rifling. I would think the rifling grooves would be ideal fatigue lines for the failure to follow.

Mike Ryan - Gunsmith

10 April 2009, 10:14

Recoil Rob

quote:
Originally posted by Mike in Michigan:
Ever since I first saw this photo a few years back, I have wondered why the barrel split straight back instead of following the lines of the rifling. I would think the rifling grooves would be ideal fatigue lines for the failure to follow.

I had the same thought. Might it have something to do with the mechanism used to hold the boresight in the barrel? My optical bore sight uses an expandable spud that is cut in a cross configuration.

10 April 2009, 12:06

Eterry

I've got a replacement barrel for a Savage that he needs to buy!! I once got a ramrod with jag and patch stuck full length at the range. As it was at the breech I trickled in about 3-5 grains of FFFg through the nipple and touched it off! Rod hit the backstop at 25 yrds, then bounced over it. Was a fiber rod and no ill effect, cant imagine what would have happened with a full charge. Well, probably the same thing happened there! Dont try this at home kids!!
Eterry

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