Thread: OH Sh!t moment.

Yesterday i brought a suppressor for my .308. Was told by the guys in the shop it was a 30cal bore. Got home threaded it on and got thing ready for a trip to the range today to see what sort of difference it would make. Get to the range set things up , chamber the first round. Im a bit paranoid with my rifles , so i decide to double check the bore on the suppressor by poking a round down the end(I unloaded the rifle first). Did not fit. The bore was 6mm. Hate to think what would have happened if i had pulled the trigger. Got that aweful sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach at the time.

The guys at the shop were extremely apologetic. After sorting things out as i was leaving they were writing the bore sizes on the boxes with a vivid. So hopefully wont happen to someone else.

Just a cautionary tale about always checking new gear before you use it.

Now im sure some will say "well you should of checked before leaving the house" yes i should have and lesson learned , thankfully not the hard way.

Good on you for checking, a lot would not have thought to.

Originally Posted by ishoot10s

Good on you for checking, a lot would not have thought to.

^^^^yep that.


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If you had fired it, you would have thought "Well, that did fuck all for reducing the recoil"...and..."that's a big hole in the target"

But not everyone would have checked to find it was 6mm.The guys behind the counter as far as I'm concerned were bloody slack.
That can should have been shoved where the sun don't shine,bugger that.

Well done Ogre, good result allround in the end......

So the rule should be the first shot on fitting suppressor will be armour piercing! Just incase! Lucky man!

See see see that would never happen with a loudener. Muzzle, muzzle, muzzle brake, muzzle brake, muzzle brake. Muzzle, muzzle, muzzle brake, muuuuzzzzle muzzle brake. Now that I have finished taking the piss, well done for spotting that.

Originally Posted by Rushy

See see see that would never happen with a loudener. Muzzle, muzzle, muzzle brake, muzzle brake, muzzle brake. Muzzle, muzzle, muzzle brake, muuuuzzzzle muzzle brake. Now that I have finished taking the piss, well done for spotting that.

how so Rushy ?

Putting a 6mm brake on a 30 cal would be just as bad if not worse than a suppressor.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

how so Rushy ?

Putting a 6mm brake on a 30 cal would be just as bad if not worse than a suppressor.

I'll give you that VC, I was a bit enthusiastic about dissing suppressors and never thought to think through the main issue of the hole being to small for the projectile when shooting my mouth off. Another case of Rushy opening mouth, inserting foot and chewing vigorously.

iv seen a brand new one get fired about 30 metres down range, and the poor guy rubbing the crap out of his eyes.

What shop?

Originally Posted by Toby

What shop?

Hunting and Fishing . Always had good service from them. Human error happens.

One lucky bugger there OgreLH,good work on checking it and a valuable lesson for all.

Just because I like talking up DPT cans, they have the caliber written on them