A Surprise in My 307 Ammo Box

CBinNH · Post by **CBinNH** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:27 pm

I picked up a bunch of 307 ammo on Gunbroker recently. Received it today & I noticed one round sat
lower in the box than the others. Look what I found! I have heard of such occurances, but it's a first for me.
Chris

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:31 pm

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That's funny. I've seen pics of that kind of thing too, but never bought one.

Talk about a factory "oops".

Joe

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:37 pm

Hmmm... A wadcutter. Don't know why you couldn't shoot it...

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:49 pm

I got this one a couple monts ago.

Rem. 405 gr JSP

Basswrangler · Post by **Basswrangler** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:26 pm

Was the bullet formed wrong or was it seated upside down? Funny looking either way!

CBinNH · Post by **CBinNH** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:08 pm

2ndovc, is the base of your bullet jacketed too?
Basswrangler, I think the bullet is seated backwards/upside down. I may pull it, check out the powder type & charge weight, then seat it sunny side up.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:04 pm

CBinNH wrote:2ndovc, is the base of your bullet jacketed too?
Basswrangler, I think the bullet is seated backwards/upside down. I may pull it, check out the powder type & charge weight, then seat it sunny side up.

No, it's exposed lead. I had another picture of the base but i deleted it for some reason.

CEMENTHEAD · Post by **CEMENTHEAD** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:13 pm

A friend of mine that lives in Montana, does that very thing to a few of his 30/30 Winchester 170 grain loads. He uses them for small game at under 25 yards. By the way, they work absolutely wonderful... kill quickly and tear up ZERO edible meat. Just like they say, eat right up to the bullet hole. However if it's from the factory instead of a reload, it's a goof up. My .02 $. Thanks, Tom

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:35 pm

Hmmm, I didn't know Winchester loaded their 30-30 ammo with Sledge-Hammers.

w30wcf · Post by **w30wcf** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:32 pm

CBinNH,
If you sent a pic to Olin, maybe they would send you some free ammunition.

The factories do make mistakes from time to time. Several years ago a friend of mine bought some .30-30 ammunition and when he opened the box, the cartridges were head stamped .25-35

They were .30-30's in .25-35 headstamped cases.

w30wcf

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:37 pm

Looks like someone was multi-tasking when that round went by!

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:42 pm

2ndovc wrote:
CBinNH wrote:2ndovc, is the base of your bullet jacketed too?
Basswrangler, I think the bullet is seated backwards/upside down. I may pull it, check out the powder type & charge weight, then seat it sunny side up.
No, it's exposed lead. I had another picture of the base but i deleted it for some reason.

That's what it looked like to me. Run through the finishing swager upside down.

lozen · Post by **lozen** » Sat May 31, 2008 6:51 am

That brings to mind a story I read years ago. Capstick I think. There was an elephant terrorizing them at night, around a campfire. All they had was a small bore rifle, so they pulled a bullet, and stuck it back in the case upsidedown, and killed it. The bullet acted like a solid.