Wow! Overpressure Russian Ammo!

Roadkill · 08-12-2002, 10:47 PM

Over the years a couple of broomhandles passed through my posession, the gentleman who was running the business where I bought them and the ammo pointedly told me NOT to shoot anything in a broomhandle but 7.63 mauser. This was when they came in from China about 15 years ago, he said he was sending about five a month to a gunsmith for repair because of the 7.62 russian. I listened, never had a problem. But I did blow a nipple through the bill of my hat and bust the mainspring on a black powder rifle cause I wasn't paying attention and double charged it. Running my mouth, put it down to help a buddy with an ignition problem, picked it back up and put in another load. <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" />

RK

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08-12-2002, 10:47 PM	#22
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,634 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Over the years a couple of broomhandles passed through my posession, the gentleman who was running the business where I bought them and the ammo pointedly told me NOT to shoot anything in a broomhandle but 7.63 mauser. This was when they came in from China about 15 years ago, he said he was sending about five a month to a gunsmith for repair because of the 7.62 russian. I listened, never had a problem. But I did blow a nipple through the bill of my hat and bust the mainspring on a black powder rifle cause I wasn't paying attention and double charged it. Running my mouth, put it down to help a buddy with an ignition problem, picked it back up and put in another load. <img src="graemlins/c.gif" border="0" alt="[ouch]" /> RK