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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 2233198" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Tikka had some barrels slip past QA/QC that were improperly stress relieved in their factory. Some of those barrels blew apart with normal pressured cartridges. There was an official Beretta/Tikka recall based on a limited range of rifle serial numbers. </p><p></p><p>I watched a video of one of those Tikka barrels blow completely off the action, when an elk hunter took a shot at an elk. His buddy was videoing the shot from behind the shooter, slightly to the right of shooter. My first thought was, <strong><em>Are you kidding me?</em></strong> The barrel only travelled maybe 10 feet. It was split longitudinally and completely separated from the action. </p><p>Shooter was OK. When the barrel ruptured it must have been brittle enough that all the energy was quickly released, and directed forward away from the shooter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 2233198, member: 4191"] Tikka had some barrels slip past QA/QC that were improperly stress relieved in their factory. Some of those barrels blew apart with normal pressured cartridges. There was an official Beretta/Tikka recall based on a limited range of rifle serial numbers. I watched a video of one of those Tikka barrels blow completely off the action, when an elk hunter took a shot at an elk. His buddy was videoing the shot from behind the shooter, slightly to the right of shooter. My first thought was, [B][I]Are you kidding me?[/I][/B] The barrel only travelled maybe 10 feet. It was split longitudinally and completely separated from the action. Shooter was OK. When the barrel ruptured it must have been brittle enough that all the energy was quickly released, and directed forward away from the shooter. [/QUOTE]
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