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  1. 14-01-2020, 09:01 PM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Headroom View Post
    Never heard of Firecracking. Is this a hot loads kinda thing?
    Yeah I'd never heard of it either and I don't have a borescope to look, but it's basically barrel wear in the throat that looks like dried, cracked mud in the steel. Wear and tear from the hot gasses that erodes the throat. Worse with hotter / faster loads apparently.

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