Post by: hunter93 on January 15, 2012, 06:10:39 PM
Post by: gramps on January 15, 2012, 06:35:18 PM
If it is just a .243 with an Ackley shoulder, you may concider just shooting standard .243 rounds and see how the accuracy is. Some people do this the 'fire form' brass to reload. The standard 243 will just form to the Ackley shoulder in the chamber. Worse case may require a new barrel.
PS....I am not necessarily recommending anything...information only.
Post by: hunter93 on January 15, 2012, 08:56:17 PM
Post by: addicted on January 15, 2012, 09:09:35 PM
if you can't get the realy name then you gotta take it to a smith to have it measured.
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on January 15, 2012, 09:17:16 PM
If you're looking to change it to a factory offering of cartridge, then advice would be different depending on what rifle/barrel it is. A rechambering will run you near as much as rebarrelling for some rifles, more for others. Where-as, I wouldn't rechamber a Savage or say a mauser barrel, I'd probably just put a new barrel on it.
-Steve
Post by: high country on January 15, 2012, 09:39:23 PM
Post by: FALFire on January 16, 2012, 05:18:21 AM
Post by: hunter93 on January 16, 2012, 08:40:39 AM
Post by: high country on January 16, 2012, 09:59:31 AM
Post by: spookgus on January 16, 2012, 10:10:02 AM
sorry everyone i dont got any of the stuff, cuz ive never shot it. i just got a good deal on it. i can try to get some pictures up of it if that would help. the gun does chamber a standerd 243 win, i just havent shot it yetDon't close the bolt on a live round until you are certain what you have.
Post by: addicted on January 16, 2012, 10:53:35 AM
sorry everyone i dont got any of the stuff, cuz ive never shot it. i just got a good deal on it. i can try to get some pictures up of it if that would help. the gun does chamber a standerd 243 win, i just havent shot it yetDon't close the bolt on a live round until you are certain what you have.
nothing like lodging a bullet into the lands and not getting it back with the casing when you open it up.
Post by: hunter93 on January 16, 2012, 11:52:41 AM
Post by: high country on January 16, 2012, 12:11:42 PM
Post by: high country on January 16, 2012, 12:12:55 PM
Post by: spookgus on January 16, 2012, 01:58:19 PM
Post by: magnanimous_j on January 16, 2012, 03:20:53 PM
Well now that you tried your hand at luck, do yourself a favor. STOP. You have no idea what you are messing with. You have a hell of a lot of experience on this board trying to keep your eyes on the front side of your face, and we don't yet know what you have. For your own safety and those around you....DO NOT SHOOT THAT GUN UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.
Seriously. Spending the money on a gun smith is a much cheaper investment than the surgeon removing a chunk of the bolt form your face when that thing explodes on you.
Post by: h20hunter on January 16, 2012, 03:29:23 PM
Post by: elkonastick on January 16, 2012, 03:38:54 PM
so i shot it and it split the casing
hahaha! i laughed so hard when i saw this. i think i have a broken sense of humor
Post by: FC on January 16, 2012, 06:39:20 PM
so i shot it and it split the casing
hahaha! i laughed so hard when i saw this. i think i have a broken sense of humor
I did too, the idiocy inherent in even contemplating shooting a rifle like this floors me. I am assuming that the shooter was looking to incur a little Natural Selection.
Post by: gramps on January 16, 2012, 07:38:14 PM
Post by: Biggerhammer on January 16, 2012, 09:00:31 PM
Mind you, this is a belt less magnum cartridge to boot.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi90.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk269%2Flandonmoses%2FIMG_4311.jpg&hash=5f9c7da41ef4559ab453116a81ace845bc2546c4)
Post by: hunter93 on January 16, 2012, 09:23:15 PM
Post by: high country on January 16, 2012, 11:01:22 PM
alright guys dont call me a idiot. i wasnt a dumb as when i did i had a face sheild on and gloves, so i did take precautions. i dont got the casing i left it there i wasnting think it matter if i left it or not. and all it says on the barrel is H & R mod 300 .243. also on the bottom of the barrel there is a p stamped on it. dont knw if that matters
A face shield might help save you from a ruptured primer, but anything beyond that....good luck. You need to cast the chamber and figure out what it is. It's gonna cost you $30-50 and then you can get some dies for it and live happily ever after.....if you keep guessing, again.....good luck.
Post by: FC on January 16, 2012, 11:16:17 PM
Post by: bobcat on January 17, 2012, 12:30:16 AM
If I was going to take precautions for an experiment like this one I would probably be duct taping the rifle to a stump and pulling the trigger with fishing line while I was around the other side of a large tree...
:yeah:
I would've had a heck of a flinch when trying to squeeze that thing off with only a face shield!
I actually don't know if I could've convinced my finger to pull that trigger. :yike:
Post by: carpsniperg2 on January 17, 2012, 12:35:41 AM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on January 17, 2012, 08:29:39 AM
Be careful and take that thing to a gunsmith before someone gets hurt.
But do.let us know what it is in the end! :)
Post by: Biggerhammer on January 17, 2012, 05:18:37 PM