as much of a mess as that rifle is, it seems the Mauser safety features kept the nasties away from the man who fired the rifle- but we'd have to ask him, of course.
Posts: 3314 | Location: NYC | Registered: 18 April 2005
Originally posted by tin can: as much of a mess as that rifle is, it seems the Mauser safety features kept the nasties away from the man who fired the rifle- but we'd have to ask him, of course.
Too bad the Mausers safety features didn't include a set of legs so the rifle could have fled it's owner while it was still in one piece.
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We had a guy run some pistol powder in a .243 here a couple of years ago through his rem 700; bad things happened like expanded the receiver ring but no gas escaped. This bolt should not have cracked in any case; should have had a soft core to prevent failure of the bolt.
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It appears that the photos come out of a photobucket gunsmithing album belonging to someone going under the name of KenDog4570. So I guess we'll never know the wholde tale behind the blow up.
Posts: 618 | Location: UK | Registered: 17 March 2012
They are engineered quite well. We blew one up in 7.62X39 a few years back, and although it was a catastrophic failure and the action had to be junked, the safety features worked as intended, and the shooter was not injured. The only parts left of the entire gun that were usable were the barrel and the trigger. Everything else was cracked, bent, splintered, twisted, etc.
The load was supposed to be 23.4 of Reloder 7, NOT 23.4 of AA No 7.
