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Old 03-16-2020, 09:44 AM
GLWenzl GLWenzl is offline
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Well you are the second guy to mention early brass failures... I sure do not remember them... and is hot the HMR prior to it coming out. It’s hell having a poor memory.

George, I do not know how to post photos here any more do I just sent them to you in an email. They are of a severe rim blow out (and off) from an auto loader. Premium winchester ammo IIRC.

But to see it in a bolt gun is shocking to me because I’ve never seen or heard of one being blown out at the rim before. I do no believe it is but it seems like it’d almost have to be a bit of a sloppy chamber/ headspace issue. The neck shoulder area would be expected to see room for expansion and a crack for brittle brass.

It’d be interesting to hete to root cause on this one.
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