HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!

Go somewhere deep in the woods and dig a hole 4 feet deep and 1 foot wide and dump all of the shells that you are asking about in the hole. Cover the hole with dirt tamping every foot of the way. When you are done place limbs over the spot and lay a rock on the spot so noone might find out where they are. This may cause someone including yourself from getting hurt or killed. Good luck. Find someone that is knowledgable about reloading and start over and learn the proper way and you will enjoy the reloading process if done the proper way.

hfedder40,
Young man you have a lot to learn and manners is a good place to start. If you can't handle critism then don't don't ask for it. All any of us here is trying to do is trying to keep you from blowing yourself up and maybe killing yourself because apparantly you don't know how dangerous what you are asking can be. I would suggest you calm yourself down and take the advice of the posts you have gotten and put them to use. You are too young to go through life blowing your fingers or hands off or putting your eyes out from an exploding shell. If we didn't care about your welfare we wouldn't have answered your post. My advicd still stands. Throw the stuff away and find an experienced reloader and get started off on the right foot so you can enjoy a long and productive reloading life. Don't get mad just take the advice and use it. It may save you a lot of headaches in the future.

Kid, there's a reason that the cartridge heads are marked, just sayin....... Is there anyone who can enlighten the troll, because I am utterly lost for words.

I'll take a shot... If you or your dad reloaded a cartridge and you don't remember the powder charge or size of bullet, the easiest thing to do is to pull the bullet. If you are careful, you will be able to weigh the powder charge and the bullet. It is pretty risky to attempt to determine the bullet caliber by sticking it in a barrel because some are pretty close to the same size and the rifling on barrels varies somewhat. You can use the case dimentions and head stamp to determine what type of cartridge it is (e.g. .243 or 6MM Rem). If you aren't positive, it is best to destroy the cartridge so that you don't accidentally use it in the wrong rifle. Reloading is a pretty scientific discipline and if you aren't scientific about it, it would be best to just buy factory ammo until you learn all about it. I suggest reading your dad's reloading manual for starters and you will learn a lot about reloading and shooting in the process. Good luck!

hfedder40-
You are a danger to yourself, and others. I might add, you are a very ignorant and rude young person. Anyone with a minimum of rifle shooting skill and knowlege can tell the difference between a .243 Win and a 6 mm Rem, and a .243 Win Short Fat in the dark. Learn from this forum instead of telling posters to "shut up."

OK?

See if I get this right?

Question:

You put the bullet on the end of barrel of 243 and it goes in?

Answer: If the rifle barrel is of 243 caliber or 6mm and you place a .243 diameter or 6mm bullet into the muzzle and falls though, you have a big problem!

I have witnessed seeing a rifle stamped with 7mm-08 and I can take a .284 bullet drop it in the muzzle and it would free fall straight through the chamber. Total rounds shot through the gun is less than 20 rounds since bought brand new. What happened is at the factory, someone grabbed a 30 cal blank and ran a 7mm-08 reamer into it.

Go to these links and learn.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.243_Winchester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.243_WSSM

.243 Winchester Overall length = 2.7098 in
Base diameter = 0.471 in

.243 WSSM Overall length = 2.36 in
Base diameter 0.555 in

TRULY FRIGHTENING. TRULY FRIGHTENING

I think those reloading storage boxes have a space on them for a label.

I never thought I would use this but... OMG!

Follow Sarges advice down to the last fraction.

Then find a mentor who understands reloading thoroughly and learn.

Scares me how this thread is going to play out.

no bullet sshould fall through the barrle of a rifle of same caliber, bullet is slightly larger than the bore, thats why it digs into the rifling of the barrel.

hFEDER, IF ALL YOUR GONNA DO IS GIVE US BAD GRAMMAR AND BULLSHIT ON HOW YOUR UNCLE WORKS AT HART BARRELS, have some respect and mature a bit, YOU MIGHT NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, OR MAYBE YOU DONT CUZ YOUR JUST GONNA BLOW YOURSELF UP ANYWAYS BY RELOADING!!!!!!

i think shane might of taken it a little to far, there is a reason he asked and didnt just try it