Me neither! Until I did…….
Not my most proud moment but while at my range yesterday in a bit of haste to sight in, for the first time I had my tikka 6.5C and 6C with me and obviously ammo for both.
Apparently I wasn’t paying the best attention and also didn’t have my hand loaded boxes of ammo marked in big bold enough letters (let alone headstamps…) and loaded up a few rounds of 6C into my 6.5C. Which of course happened to be suppressed.
I shot. Everything seemed 100% normal. Muzzle report, recoil, etc. But no impact at 100yds. I look at the chrono. 2215fps is a tad slower than expected from my normally 2800fps loads. Must be the chrono right? Shoot another. 2216fps. Well at least my handloads SD are going to be solid!
I scratch my head and investigate a tad further. Didn’t take long to see the error….6C headstamps. FML.
Of course my first thought is I destroyed my barrel and zero chance I didn’t hit a baffle with the can on.
So I load up some 6.5C this time. Suppressor sounds fine. Bullets chrono where they should and three of them touching. Not completely sure I “dodged a bullet” but small chance all is going to be ok.
Further inspection back at the house, the rifling looks normal and somehow it appears I didn’t hit a baffle. Mind blowing that bullet could consistently come out and not cause damage.
Pretty sure I got lucky, hopefully it serves as a reminder/warning to anyone else reading.
Safe shooting.
Not my most proud moment but while at my range yesterday in a bit of haste to sight in, for the first time I had my tikka 6.5C and 6C with me and obviously ammo for both.
Apparently I wasn’t paying the best attention and also didn’t have my hand loaded boxes of ammo marked in big bold enough letters (let alone headstamps…) and loaded up a few rounds of 6C into my 6.5C. Which of course happened to be suppressed.
I shot. Everything seemed 100% normal. Muzzle report, recoil, etc. But no impact at 100yds. I look at the chrono. 2215fps is a tad slower than expected from my normally 2800fps loads. Must be the chrono right? Shoot another. 2216fps. Well at least my handloads SD are going to be solid!
I scratch my head and investigate a tad further. Didn’t take long to see the error….6C headstamps. FML.
Of course my first thought is I destroyed my barrel and zero chance I didn’t hit a baffle with the can on.
So I load up some 6.5C this time. Suppressor sounds fine. Bullets chrono where they should and three of them touching. Not completely sure I “dodged a bullet” but small chance all is going to be ok.
Further inspection back at the house, the rifling looks normal and somehow it appears I didn’t hit a baffle. Mind blowing that bullet could consistently come out and not cause damage.
Pretty sure I got lucky, hopefully it serves as a reminder/warning to anyone else reading.
Safe shooting.
