Thread: A sad day

I was out at the range today having blast with a mate. All was well and I decided I'd let rip with my old trusty 303. Prepared it for firing and put some light hand loads through. Stoked with the results I decided to test it against some factory ammo. First round gave a hell of a whack, sticky bolt but no hard extraction or real issues. Thought to myself they must have overcharged that one. Chambered the next something didn't feel right. Had a good soldiers 5 and nothing I could see wrong. Had a shot, crack, safety glasses smashed, bloody sore head and a shattered bolt. It snapped just forward of the bolt handle and sent shit flying everywhere. I've got a few garks on my trigger hand and forearm on the other. By my account I'm lucky to have walked away from that. Better trust my instinct next time. Poor 303 will be getting put to sleep I think.