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yeah bloody lucky, hows TK these days. bloody interesting QL data. im eyeing up a sauer 100 in 300WM. need to move some other toys to achieve it thou. will sell the 3006AI with timmney trigger and...

i use imperial sizeing wax on cases then ultrasonic clean and air dry before i load them, clean primer pockets etc, loaded rounds are stored in mtm case. the case that was in the barrel apart from no...

will try to get pics tomorrow, all my gear still at dads place. we actually looked at the cases and thought they were fine. will tag you when i put pics up.

26 inch barrel

the load that blew it up was Barnes LRX 61.2Grs ADI 2213SC would have to measure a load but over all length was restricted mag box. there was heaps of jump about 200 thou.
can you check QL for loads...

i had used barnes before hand, then changed to nosler lr 129gr i had that load from 58.5-62.5gr in .2gr increments trim length 2.490 coal 3.184. i found nodes in the 59.5 and 61.5gr range. i then...

it seams to be the case, by switching to the barnes projectile from nosler lr 129gr i did not check the barnes site which had new data, last time i was on there there was no load data which could of...

i checked the hodgdon data online its identical to ADI

thats the bit that haunts me mate, i cant find the evidence of the failure, only the discoloration of the steel where the bolt blew apart.

i will double check but think the chambering is a deep throat so the power doesnt burn out the lands so bad.

127gr barnes LRX

ADI data online and 9th edition print. thats their most up to date data specs and i was still .8 under max. but in saying that i dont know when the data was last reviewed. there was zero indication...

just about normal again whatever normal is for me lol. i got off very lucky

you have to look at other bits to get a idea of parentage all attachments are E. my dad just built a 338 edge on the same action for him and his mate, after witnessing my injury he is pulling the pin...

your in my neck of the woods if you want to look at the bits and give your opinion. im in te puna

its all good mate, right or wrong i would like piece of mind to find the right answer to what happened, if there's lapse in my reload procedure i can improve that if its random metallurgy causing...

i had a google of failed h&h cases all the images show them failing about 4mm above the belt, from whats left of my it failed at the belt lower then where the die gets to. its hard to tell how thick...

cheers mate, im healing fast and thought doing a thread about it might find some answers to what happened and maybe save someone else going thou it.

the cases were alway full length resized cases only done about 5 rounds each and nothing hot. im going to pull all the projectiles and bin the cases but will check them first.

cheers mate, it could of gone so much worse then what i got away with. black eye already fading but still got to be careful not to strain the eye.

i have a few spare ones for now. lol

case length was fine,
huge jump to the lands about 200 thou mag box restricted coal to around book value.
federal mag primers
norma brass, had some loose primer pockets, never had tight fitting...

Wife reckons its a improvement

heck yeah man so lucky my dad wasnt picking body up off the paddock. even the extractor was blown to pieces only have the rear piece left the band that goes around the bolt was wrapped around the...

hey mate, once i sort a new action it will be sweet. its just a barrel now action good for parts as it bent. in every way.