Ever fire a 8MM Mauser round in a 30-06 rifle?

[Dolt]

I have read that the 300 Blackout cartridge will often chamber into a 5.56 chamber. Of course a 30 cal bullet isn't going down a 22 cal bore so "boom" goes a lot of AR15's. I have no experience with this though.

A little JB Weld would fix that. Don't throw it away!!

[Critch]

One of the possibilities cited for the failures of some early Model of 1903 rifles blowing up was that the American soldiers liked to shoot captured 8mm German ammo back at the Germans; it might work once or twice, but at some point things are going to go wrong.

As a side note, there were less than 100 rifle failures in the so called low numbered '03's (Around a million rifles). that's not a lot of rifles for the conditions they were put through.

[dryheat]

I've bought and fired reloads in low numbered '03's(the guy I bought it from told me he put [at least]10 rds of HXP through it).

[jaie5070]

Fired a stripper clip of 7.65x54 argentine through one of my 1917 enfields. It was after the third round that I noticed the the cases had no neck from being blown out. Left me a little shaken and feeling stupid. Didn't fire any more high power stuff for the rest of that session.

[Chaz]

Stuff happens.

I have read that the 300 Blackout cartridge will often chamber into a 5.56 chamber. Of course a 30 cal bullet isn't going down a 22 cal bore so "boom" goes a lot of AR15's. I have no experience with this though.

One of my buddies did precisely this with his new 5.56mm AR. Photos look very similar. It happened with the 99th round at his range. Manufacturer took the rifle back and is rebuilding it for him.

[jjrothWA]

Either Gen. J. Hatcher or MAJ. G. Nonte, wrote about a 1903 Springfield {variant not ID's}, that a GI chambered a 8X57mm in it and it blew the bolt and took the front reciever ring into two piece.

Some arelucky and some aren't.