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It makes you think real hard about the statement "There are no stupid questions."

I've actually seen that done- - - -a guy I used to hunt with cut the plastic off a spent 12 gauge shell and slipped it over the 16 Ga. shell. He chambered and fired it in a H&R single shot. That's one good reason we USED to hunt together. The guy could be the poster child for "You can't fix stupid!" He also fired 44 Mag ammo in a 1917 Colt revolver.

It appears that several members here didn’t read or fully understand the OP.

IN AN EMERGENCY , was the question.

And to think some of these guys get together for hunts. I think I will stay far away.

The Emergency wasn't ever explained to satisfaction (I may have missed it).

I pick up a 30-06 while someone's breaking into my home but all I have is 308 loaded and ready to go?

The only story I have is a buddy and his pals were getting ready for deer season and zeroing rifles and consuming a lot of alcohol
Numerous boxes of ammo open on the bench
Plus a green guy shooting
Sticks a 30 carbine round in a 223 and locks it up tight
Hun smith had to unscrew the barrel , luckily it was a savage
Bullet exited barrel , no damage and demolished case
Kenneth


LOL , and he wanted me to test fire it afterwards, that got big FY

Unless it's a pump and after it's fired the action is worked so the 20 gauge shell is chambered then slides down forward inside the barrel ,the gun doesn't fire, the action is ran again and another shell is chambered and fired, the gun blows up in your hands, and If you are lucky you will still have both hand, and have vision

How about we have a massive EMP attack as your emergency? You are separated from your home and family when it happens. You happen to have a 30-06 and half a dozen shells in your now inoperable truck. You have a 100 mile walk back to your home. Everyone is freaking out and [bleep] is getting hairy. You find a box of .308 under your seat that you didn’t know was up under there. Now, isn’t it nice to know that you can shoot that too if you have to pop a cap in some recent migrant who is about to rape some pretty 20 year old girl beside the road?

As for danger of it, what danger? Same size bullet and there will be much less pressure than normal because the case doesn’t make it anywhere near the front of the chamber. No danger at all. Accuracy may suffer.

Joe Bob anyone who drives 100 miles to go hunting and only has 6 shells for his rifle is an idiot, you don't need to worry about. He ain't gonna make the cut he wasn't a boy scout. And shooting 308's in an 06 is stupid.. definetly Darwin at work..mb

Um, in your scenario I have not only my carry gun with a few extra mags, but I usually have a little something else when going 100+ miles from home as well. And that "little something else" has ammo that actually matches the chamber.

Way to go, Rambo.

Far from it, but I prefer to live by the "better to have and not need than need and not have" motto since "I'll try to shoot .308 outta my 30-06 if I have to" seems like a dumb motto.

Okay, boomer.

That's Gen X to you. I'm sorry you're so invested in not being prepared and feel the need to lash out at people that realize life doesn't always go the way you want and plan accordingly

That ain't an emergency, that's just stupidity. You're looking at Mad Max level scenario before this is even on the radar

I’m sorry you’re a humorless asshat.

I sincerely try not to be. I apologize. But I hope my asshat looks flattering on me. It covers my bald grape.

Not the same.

That's my point. There's really no such thing as "I only have a 30-06 and .308 ammo AND an emergency that requires me to use them together". Whole thing is weird. And the EMP scenario - why would I have a rifle without rounds 100 miles from home AND rounds without rifle 100 miles from home at the same time?

100 mile to go hunting would be like 100 miles to go fishing, you take two poles/riles to begin with.