Bang.................................you dead, or worse.

[Treeman]

Mate a mine just blew up his 270. After a week of speculation and theorizing  we pretty certain this is what happened.
The rifle had a issue in that it shot beyond believe grouping, but only when the bullet was touching the lands. Occasionally, rarely a bullet was left in the lands when making the rifle safe after cocking but not firing the rifle.
A mate of his was using the rifle on the back of a bakkie and tried a shot at something but it ran off. They stopped the bakkie to walk further and see if they would see it again, but as he jumped of the back he saw a jackal. He quickly whispered "rifle rifle" and it was passed to him as the jackal started to walk off. He grabbed rifle cocked it fast and hard, lifted, aimed, fired, and it exploded.

What happened ?
After aiming and not shooting his friend ejected the case in the rifle as he jumped off bakkie. While was doing so the urgent call for the rifle was made and he passed it over in a rush.
What appeared to have happed is that when his friend ejected the unfired round, the bullet was left stuck in the lands. When he reloaded in a big exited rush the bullet in the lands was pushed forward and the bullet it the case was pushed deeper.
                                  GEFKnBOOM

[BBCT]

I presume nobody was physically hurt?

[Treeman]

no, not much at least, bit of blood and he said his hand stung like hardest slap against a wall would likely feel like.
The .270 was on one of those aluminium hi tech frames and the frame held together, but the action, bolt and barrel all bent ruined broken and studs snapped.
He had rifle "rebuilt?", action barrel etc  and could not get it to shoot, so he approached me to find the reason. After much "not that","not that","not that","not that", I suggested he try another stock. So while in casual conversation he tells me about his rifle blowing up and the brilliant job his gunsmith did for him. Said it blew up so bad that all he could reuse was the hi tech kinda aluminium space frame he had when it blew up.  My face musta said it all    "You used the blow up chassis as the base for you rebuild?" ----------------- "ja ! Why? It was perfectly good, no damage" ---- Me, "err tell your GS he is a twat"
So ja, swopped stocks out and there ja go, load will need some tweeking and should be a easy half inch at worst case rifle.

[janfred]

Man must have been quite strong. To fully engrave one bullet with another cartridge and or push a bullet back into the case against the load with the lack of leverage from a bolt handle takes some doing.

I mean, it is possible, but I would need a mallet and a the rifle will never be the same again.

[oafpatroll]

Man must have been quite strong. To fully engrave one bullet with another cartridge and or push a bullet back into the case against the load with the lack of leverage from a bolt handle takes some doing.

I mean, it is possible, but I would need a mallet and a the rifle will never be the same again.

They build them different in the EC.