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DANGER!!

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#1 ·
I just got some .243 win for an old Rem. 700, and I did a test to see if the round would fit in my m1a. AND IT DID!! :shock: :shocked: so when I go to the range on saturday I will not have the ammo for the to guns on the table at the same time.

just so I know what would happen if I was to shoot a .243 win out of my M1A?
 
#2 ·
no, but I can tell you what happens when you shoot 308 out of a 30-06 - sounds a little funny, and it shoots a little funny, the cases look bizarre, but that's all. if 243 would have been a dangerous idea in 308, the case would have been lengthened before winchester put their name on it. the 6mm bullet will just rattle down the bore.
 
#3 ·
Right, the smaller diameter projectile will go down the barrel and the case will fireform to the .308 chamber dimensions. At the range I shot at back home they had a .270 bolt action rifle up on a display board that someone had fired a .308 through. Totally destroyed the rifle.

AKMS
 
#5 ·
The rifle will not cycle and as stated probably not hit anything but the ground and you will have a 308 case. A 308 in a 30-06 makes a 400/308. When I was selling guns I had a customer bring in several cases like this and ask what they were. When I told him he said there were sixty or so cases left at the range. The number one thought is DON'T DO IT. There is the chance that the neck and /or part of the sholder will go doen the barrel and could be lodged forming an obstruction to give you a KABOOM on the next round.
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