any possible damage

[bluemtn]

Ive got a relatively new M700 in .243.  A friend who has always been a reliable handloader rec ently gave me some new loads,
95 grain hornady sst's, supposedly loaded to 1.5 grains below max.  I shot several with no problems, then bam.  bystanders said it sounded louder than the others.  I felt powder/residue hit my cheek/ lip and saw smoke from the back of the bolt.  It swelled the case, but no cracks/splits.  The bolt was very tough to remove and the case came out lodged into the boltface.  It took near all my might with a pair of channel locks to remove the brass from the bolt face, but i was able to work it out without any obvious damage to bolt, extractor, etc..
brushed bolt face and was able to remove brass "splinters"
Did i do any serious damage? safety concerns?

[mjbgalt]

i would pull the bullets on those loads and dump the powder in your garden. then take the gun to a gunsmith to make sure it's not going to blow apart the next time you fire it.

and then in the future don't fire ANYONE'S loads but your own. cardinal sin of reloading.

-Matt

[stimpylu32]

DO NOT fire the rifle till you have had it checked by a compatent smith , any time you have to use that much force to remove a case you stand a real good chance that you have done damage to the weapon , as for the loads , do as Matt said and pull them - better safe than sorry .

Things can and do go wrong while loading , its not saying your friend is not a reliable loader but its not worth the chance .

Richard

[bluemtn]

thanks for the replys,/advice

being a bit of a independant/ignorant guy, i have already fired said riflle since with factory blue box federal 100 gr.  Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for the extreme ends, but I did spend time measuring, comparing, brain and gut checking  action, barrel, and brass, before I tried the gun again.  It has shot well before an since the overload - around 1and one eigth moa avg, sometimes 5 in .75"

I am definately not scared of ruining rifle at this point, but curious to effect on accuracy and longevity of this gun based on one borderline over hot load?
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[hotburn76]

Things can and do go wrong while loading , its not saying your friend is not a reliable loader but its not worth the chance .

Richard

I refuse to load for people.  It is tempting to help people but I reassured myself last Monday not to do it ever.  I was loading some 204 and had about 20 of 50 cases that were filled with the right about of powder laid out in a Hornady block waiting for me to put bullets in them.  I grabbed a case and dropped the bullet on the table, used the case hand to move loading block to find bullet.  Was not thinking and when I found the bullet and loaded it I felt grit on my hand, then seen it on table.  Here I tipped the case in my hand as I moved the block and dumped about half the powder across the cases, adding powder to them.  I had to dump the powder in all the cases and start over.  Feal stupid for telling it, but it reassured me to never help a friend out, and to slow down!

[Graybeard]

There was NOTHING BORDERLINE about that load. IT was hotter than a factory proof load. I suspect your pressures could easily have run to double or more the SAAMI max pressure for that round. Could it have done damage? Bet your ass it could and likely did. Get it checked.