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Bt8897: Thank goodness you lived through that "human error"!
I would NOT call it "stupidity" it was a lapse in memory more than anything else.
Again thank goodness you are still here!
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bt you were lucky. Could easily have been worse.

See enough of that stuff it will make you think a bit.




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Originally Posted by bt8897
I had a major malfunction. Apparently you can shoot .308's in a .270. I cant believe these old guns cant handle my stupidity.
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That image will stick with me for a while!

Thanks for sharing your "misfortune".

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Thanks guys, and yes it was in a custom stock and barrel. I have hunted with that gun for the past 30 years. I have the action mounted with the bucks rack. I was extremely lucky.

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Have to ask, hunt with only one round in the gun?


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Good question. I had three rounds in the gun, after my first shot the deer dropped. I unloaded before getting down from the stand, dropped them in my pocket of my coat.

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Its a good lesson for all of us not to get complacent over seemingly insignificant matters. Have you healed up "completely" yet?

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I have a constant ringing in my ears which my Dr. said will probably never go away, one tiny piece of metal in my eye that they were not able to remove but I have all of my vision back. Small price to pay for what happened-

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Bt8897: I hope you do completely heal up - hearing is hard to repair/replace!
But again thankfully you are still with us.
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Well....this was a short and uneventful thread.

Not much to report on pre 64 M70 malfunctions. smile




The 280 Remington is overbore.

The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I thought it was kind of interesting Bob.


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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
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You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole.

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Originally Posted by BobinNH
Well....this was a short and uneventful thread.

Not much to report on pre 64 M70 malfunctions. smile


I missed a caribou with my standard model pre64 M70 .270 .......more than once blush . I hung it up and finished the hunt sharing my buddies Ruger M77. I'm sure it was the rifles fault. whistle


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Originally Posted by tmitch
Originally Posted by BobinNH
Well....this was a short and uneventful thread.

Not much to report on pre 64 M70 malfunctions. smile


I missed a caribou with my standard model pre64 M70 .270 .......more than once blush . I hung it up and finished the hunt sharing my buddies Ruger M77. I'm sure it was the rifles fault. whistle


At least your buddy has good taste in rifles. If you would have said Rem 700, that would have been pretty damn disgraceful...


Originally Posted by raybass
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
Originally Posted by Pharmseller
You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole.

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It was pretty dang disgraceful as it was. I had planned to take my .264 Fwt but it kicked the scope loose during the last range session just before we left, so the .270 got the last minute call. Darn unreliable M70s!


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That sucks buddy. I can imagine, if your buddy is like mine, he gave you a ration of chit.... laugh


Originally Posted by raybass
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
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Oh he ll yes! What are buddies for? laugh


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Originally Posted by BobinNH
Originally Posted by bt8897
I had a major malfunction. Apparently you can shoot .308's in a .270. I cant believe these old guns cant handle my stupidity.
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So....how did it handle the escaping gas? crazy


I would not do that again. smile


If that happened to me the question could well apply to a part of my anatomy. grin

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Originally Posted by bt8897
Good question. I had three rounds in the gun, after my first shot the deer dropped. I unloaded before getting down from the stand, dropped them in my pocket of my coat.


I understand being careful, but wouldn't the bolt being closed on a spent round or empty chamber have covered that aspect for the climb down?

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Yes it would. I shot once and chamberd another round. I unloaded the live round and the other in the magazine. I have two kids that hunt now and I stress saftey with them. I cant be much of a role model if I dont do what I stress for them to do. I remember as a kid buck fever can influence your decisions. I would hate if one of them shot a deer and chamberd another round before climbing out of a stand with a loaded gun with the safety off.

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