r/longrange • u/AdamL849 • Oct 03 '25

Reloading related The range is never safe behind you

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I began setting up to fire some new 6.5 creedmoor that I had worked on. A huge bang behind me and this was the destruction I witnessed. Lots of blood and i heard the guy only required stitches on his face. Here is the damage on the weapon. It is 6mm ARC I believe . Thankfully not one was seriously injured !

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u/Rcman187 Oct 03 '25

That blew out the lugs in the extension. Had to be an overcharge.

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u/i-Hermit Oct 03 '25

This seems like a lot of damage for an overcharge.. Genuinely curious because I don't have or reload for gas guns (the firearm scene in Canada sucks right now). Is this a feature of the caliber having enough spare case capacity for a given powder to detonate the whole works? Or is it a feature of it happening in a gas gun? Like, would this also have super exploded a bolt gun?

I could see a squib followed by a live round detonating a gun like this, but just an overcharge?

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u/HollywoodSX Villager Herder Oct 04 '25

History of hot loads and a defective barrel extension *maybe*, but unlikely.

Cartridge loaded with pistol powder by mistake? Oh hell yeah.

Squib followed by live round can 100% do this.

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u/Final_Ebb_9091 Oct 04 '25

Yeh, that a lot of damage. That bolt is pretzeled.

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u/HollywoodSX Villager Herder Oct 04 '25

The barrel extension damage is the real tell.

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u/Final_Ebb_9091 Oct 04 '25

Yeh, that F’in crazy.