Bad luck! Broken stock

[Thebear_78]

After building my 300 and 375 RUM set a regular customer of my buddies shop had a set with almost exact same specs built. Sadly both of these rifles have now suffered broken stocks.

His 300 RUM. Stock snapped when he swung it like a golf club trying to dispatch a wounded red fox on afognak. Missed the fox and hit the ground. Since its replacement all has been well.

His 375 RUM stock held up just fine for several years until this year. While moose hunting this year it finally broke. His buddies kid while shooting at a moose somehow happened to shoot his rifle barrel. The bullet entered the barrel, traveled down the bore and blew out the muzzle break. At the shot the rifle flew out of his hands and the stock broke somehow in landing.

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[DrMike]

Wow! That would get your attention! I should imagine that the hunt was over for that day. :shock:

 

[JD338]

Talk about bad luck.

JD338

 

[Vince]

What a freak accident.
Your buddy should consider himself lucky.

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[nvbroncrider]

Ouch. We're those stocks bedded and pillared? Only other suggestion is a Micky.

Looks like some smith work chop the barrel or rebarrel job coming as well. Glad he's okay.

 

[cloverleaf]

Good Grief :shock: :roll: thankfully (Hopefulley) no one got shot. I broke a crutch once trying to put the coupe de gra on a gopher once....but never a rifle :roll: wasnt much fun hobbling home on three legs. CL

 

[Guy Miner]

Good Grief indeed!

His hunting buddy shot his rifle? Okay then.... Maybe time for a new hunting buddy...

Guy

 

[Vince]

Good Grief indeed!

His hunting buddy shot his rifle? Okay then.... Maybe time for a new hunting buddy...

Guy

Guy brings up an excellent point.
It seems the only way to get a bullet down the barrel by spring is to have the weapon aiming at the other weapon. That would mean the shooters ate aiming at each other. Friendly Fire much?

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[Thebear_78]

Bullet entered the side of barrel and exited out the muzzle. They where side by side when it happened.


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[Guy Miner]

Yeah - that's one heck of a photo - thanks for sharing that. Would have been a tad startling - to have a rifle barrel hit by a bullet! YIKES! :shock:

 

[sask boy]

Man would that ever get your attention in real short order .
I am sure glad that no one was physically hurt and this just shows you how careful we all should be!

Blessings,
Dan

 

[DrMike]

I'll bet his hand was stinging after the impact of the bullet on the barrel!

 

[Thebear_78]

It's pretty weird situation. I was looking at the barrel again. It's pretty cool looking, you can see where the bullet shed part of its jacket in the barrel before changing fires toon and heading out the muzzle break. I'll try to get a few more pictures


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[Guy Miner]

I'll bet his hand was stinging after the impact of the bullet on the barrel!

I'd imagine so! In training, I've held a 2x2 above my head, with a cardboard target stapled to it and walked, providing the sniper-in-training with a moving silhouette to shoot. Time to time they'd hit the 2x2, and it sure did sting the hands a little! A little unnerving the first time or two.

Yes, the "walkers" were down below a thick berm, and safe from bullet impacts.

Guy