Is this true?
08-24-2004, 07:30 PM
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
RE: Is this true?
Not saying that is would happen every time but you can certainly bet that it has happened and will continue to happen.
You put a cartridge as short as the .308 into a chamber of a 30-06 and bad things can happen. When dealing with 55,000+ PSI and it does not take much to have something go terribly wrong. The neck of the .308 wouldn't even be supported inside the chamber of a 30-06. It and the bullet are just sitting there in open space.
Suppose the case neck just happend to be weak and it ruptured and the bullet began to turn sideways before it had entered the throat of the bore. Or suppose that you were shooting short 110 grain bullsts in the .308 and the bullet wasn't even entering the neck area of the chamber of the 30-06. Not very good! Pressures could easily sky rocket and cause a lot of damage.
Shoot ammo specifically designed for what the rifle is chambered for.
You put a cartridge as short as the .308 into a chamber of a 30-06 and bad things can happen. When dealing with 55,000+ PSI and it does not take much to have something go terribly wrong. The neck of the .308 wouldn't even be supported inside the chamber of a 30-06. It and the bullet are just sitting there in open space.
Suppose the case neck just happend to be weak and it ruptured and the bullet began to turn sideways before it had entered the throat of the bore. Or suppose that you were shooting short 110 grain bullsts in the .308 and the bullet wasn't even entering the neck area of the chamber of the 30-06. Not very good! Pressures could easily sky rocket and cause a lot of damage.
Shoot ammo specifically designed for what the rifle is chambered for.
