Re: .308 Winchester VS 7.62X51mm NATO
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TiroFijo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Gunfighter14e2, you just have a guardian angel sitting on your shoulder everytime you shoot those waaaay overpressure, heavy bullets, thin brass, sensitive primers, commercial 308 rounds in your M14s
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Obviously my M14 could have used that Guardian Angel that day to help with whatever caused the Kaboom
A point of interest, since Gunfighter brought it up; The same gunsmith who originally inspected the rifle, and who I understand had an impeccable reputation, advised the agency in writing that he could find nothing mechanically wrong with the rifle. The firing pin must have still been intact, but that obviously doesn't mean it didn't hang-up at the wrong time.
Of further interest; When the ammo manufacturer (I want to say now it was Remington, based upon remembering green/yellow boxes at the scene of the crime
, but I could have sworn it was Winchester) was sent the ammo in question, they advised, as I remember, they could not find such pressures as could have been the direct cause of the kaboom, but advised not to shoot any more of that partial, about 1/2 case and return it to them. They sent a brand new case of .308 ball as a replacement AND were in negotiations with the agency as far as the repair costs on the rifle. The negotiations dragged on and I lost interest in what happened. I don't know that they did in fact pay for repair of the rifle, but I will see if I can find out, now that this discussion has made me wonder.
Like I mentioned originally, maybe it was a soft primer, soft brass, time pressure curve issues, an overpressure .308 in a 7.62 chamber or as Gunfighter suggested a sticking firing pin, maybe a bit of all of them, hell maybe the way the moon aligned with the stars has something to do with it. I don't know and I don't imagine anyone else can prove the cause of the kaboom.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TiroFijo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Or could it be an internet myth?? They don't blow up down here in south america too, and believe me we feed them everything we can find/reload.</div></div>
Doesn't the water in the toilet rotate the opposite direction down there
. That could explain it
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With the Statute of Limitations well past, I'll admit I recall having put a few boxes of FGMM 168 through it from the bench, when I was selecting which of the several available M14s to take as issue. It was zeroed for plain old 147 ball though, commercial SAAMI 147 ball
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It is kind of strange that no one has posted any kind of official "Holy shit don't ever do that" kind of warning here. I'm running low on my stash of surplus NATO ball and have a FAL and PTR91 that need to be fed, but am not willing to buy ammo at todays prices...
