.243 cartridge in a 6.5?

[Kenn]

As you might guess, it does not work out well. I had 4 guns I was sighting in and put an ELD-X .243 in a 6.5 PRC. It blew the plastic bolt shroud into my face and exploded the magazine. I was able to put the magazine back together but the shroud was destroyed. A bit of a gouge on my face, which is a penalty for being stupid, but otherwise just a lesson to pay attention. Just ordered a metal shroud from Tikka.

 

[Tmac]

Glad you are OK. There might be something good about those plastic shrouds…

 

[MHWASH]

I shot a 22-250AI fire forming load in my 6.5CM. No harm no foul, but I did waste a 22-250 Lapua case. Those 2 cases with ELDms loaded look awfully similar.

 

[Afhunter1]

I shot a few 40s&w in my Kimber 1911 45 once, that was fun. Had some cool looking brass.

 

[Ucsdryder]

Tried to load a 6.5cm into my 7saum. Loaded great. Didn’t fire, didn’t eject. Lifted the barrel to the sky and it popped out. Oh, then I did it again about 20 seconds later. Apparently I loaded the magazine with 6.5cm instead of 7saum. It was on my daughter’s elk hunt. She was NOT impressed.

 

[7mm-08]

Good lessons here. Glad everyone survived.

 

[Beendare]

Lucky you didn’t get a Darwin award….I suppose its a good reminder.

Its firearms 101…use the correct cartridge.

 

[EastHumboldt]

Since this thread title was posed in the form of a question, my answer is absolutely no. I mean seriously no. Glad you’re OK.