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I have no more information then they were fired from a .30-30 rifle, lever action I think but maybe not. My daughters boyfriend who lives 800 miles away sent me this picture. I don't know that type of ammunition it was I think he said Remington. I do know he said it was new ammo right from the box and that it was the correct ammunition for that rifle.
 

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It looks like a mis-match between ammunition and the rifle. Why in the world are there THREE of them? Didn't someone notice something unusual after the first shot????
 
That was the first question I asked. He said it was the correct ammunition for the rifle. Why 3, I guess 4 was to many.
 
Looks to me like they were fire-formed into the shape of the chamber, which btw AIN'T .30-30. I just had my 336 out to the range last week and that is WAY too short for a .30-30's neck.

I'd be curious to see the stamps on the caseheads. I say this because back in my Gander Mtn. days, sometimes inbred yayhoos would switch cartridges with their respective boxes, thinking it was funny.

I hope nobody was hurt.
 
I tried calling her to see if he figured out what happened. I doubt he would tell me it was the incorrect ammunition even if it was, which I think it was anyway. I never thought of the switch-a-roo ammunition trick. He did say he got the ammo from a Walmart, and they live in South Carolina so I don't know if their ammo is accessible to the public on the shelves.
 
Where are they at in South Carolina? I'm in the Low Country myself. Most Walmarts seem to have ammo in case, but some have rifle and shotgun ammunition - particularly during hunting season - out on the shelves.

.30-30 fired in .375 Winchester or .35 Remington rifle maybe?
 
.30-30 cartridges fired in a .303 British rifle.

The shoulder is where the .303 chamber is.

The very end of the case and bullet entered the .303 chamber and almost oburated, but the body being much smaller than the chamber burst.
 
It looks like necked down .303 to me because of the similar shoulder angle but impossible to say for sure.
 
john traveler said:
.30-30 cartridges fired in a .303 British rifle.

The shoulder is where the .303 chamber is.

The very end of the case and bullet entered the .303 chamber and almost oburated, but the body being much smaller than the chamber burst.
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Yup. The ammo box label had 3s and 0s in it, and in the right order. Must be the right stuff.
 
Was the rifle that they were fired from a lever action or a bolt action? Some people assume, wrongly, that all lever actions are .30-30s. There was a .375 Winchester chambered Marlin for sale in the Charleston area recently, hence I was just curious if it was what had somehow been fired with the wrong ammo.
 
Right now all I know is what I have posted. I think lever but I could be wrong. I think he's had the gun for a while and have shot it some in the past, but I just don't know right now. Since I'm more or less his father-in-law I think he might not want to tell me it was the wrong ammo because then I might think of him as the dumb *** my daughter is living with.
 
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I took a look at the case dimensions of the .348 Winchester, the chambering of the Winchester Model 71, thinking that's a lever gun with a much larger chamber than the .30-30, but the chamber dimensions suggest that while you might cram a .30-30 round into a .348 chamber, the firing pin likely wouldn't reach the primer.

Interesting case --- hope we learn the story...
 
I once found 5 .300 Win mag cases in the brass bucket at the club I belonged to in MN, with a very distinctive Weatherby shoulder and a very short neck.
 
Maybe someone threw them into a fire?
I'm having trouble believing that someone fired off the second one without investigating the first thoroughly, let alone 3......

Ehhhh - It does look like the primers were struck - Hard to tell for sure at that angle.
 
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