Looks like the action was blown off the barrel. Did the barrel fail? The chamber area appears to be in tact. My guess would be wrong powder: Unique or Bullseye. Looking at the photo of the barrel chamber I was surprised to see a countersink area like the feed ramp in an AR-15 barrel. Could it have been the case was not supported fully by the chamber allowing a complete failure of the case head?Went shooting yesterday, shot about 5 shots and on 6th shot this happened.
Reloads from a couple years ago , store in ammo box in a shooting bag.
Rifle is a 22-250 Savage Model 10
Bullets are 55Gn Hornady V-Max
35GN of Varget Powder
Been doing this recipe for approx. 4 years, have never had problem.
No signs of over pressure until this incident, happily no injuries/casualties (except gun,LOL)
Any Ideas out there
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