My trainer blew apart with factory loads this weekend. I need to know which route I should go. Do I call the call the ammo manufacture and present the evidence and ask for reimbursement on the rifle or am I screwed? I do not want to bash any companies on the internet so I dont want to give any names yet. The rifle was a bolt action .22mag with a heavy barrel and an aftermarket tactical stock. When I pulled the trigger their was no barrel obstructions and the barrel looks fine but the bolt was stuck in and required a bit of hammering to open. The brass is still stuck in the chamber but the extractor tore the back of the case off when I hammered the bolt open. The explosion blew the bottom metal out of the stock and cracked the stock from the mag opening to the front studs. the stock also cracked from just behind the bolt length wise to the butt. In my opinion the round must have been a double charge. The rifle has around 500rds through it.
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Rifle goes to manufacture with rest of ammo/ take pictures of all - including box ammo & e-mail pictures and rifle repair # to ammo manufacture.
Let them figure it out
Rifle goes to manufacture with rest of ammo/ take pictures of all - including box ammo & e-mail pictures and rifle repair # to ammo manufacture.
Let them figure it out
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I would like to see pics because I've never seen a rimfire blow up
I would like to see pics because I've never seen a rimfire blow up
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Sounds like a ton of force from a little rimfire. Await pictures with everyone else.
Sounds like a ton of force from a little rimfire. Await pictures with everyone else.
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A friend of s friend was shooting light .30-06 reloads (cast bullets over Unique) and had a blowup almost exactly as you described. Everyone thought that he had loaded a double charge, but I have read that under certain circumstances a powder charge can detonate rather than burn.
A friend of s friend was shooting light .30-06 reloads (cast bullets over Unique) and had a blowup almost exactly as you described. Everyone thought that he had loaded a double charge, but I have read that under certain circumstances a powder charge can detonate rather than burn.
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Thanks for the advice guys I might throw some pics up tonight.
Thanks for the advice guys I might throw some pics up tonight.
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I have messed around with some 22WMR shells tinkering with loads (stupid I know)and I never seen anywhere near the pressure of this.Did the bullet even leave the barrel?Interested in this for sure.Post some pics please.
I have messed around with some 22WMR shells tinkering with loads (stupid I know)and I never seen anywhere near the pressure of this.Did the bullet even leave the barrel?Interested in this for sure.Post some pics please.
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The bullet did exit the barrel. I sorry for the poor pictures my camera sucks.
The bullet did exit the barrel. I sorry for the poor pictures my camera sucks.
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just curious but what in-lb were your receiver bolts torqued to?
just curious but what in-lb were your receiver bolts torqued to?
