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Anybody have a rifle malfunction that made them say what!
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<blockquote data-quote="memtb" data-source="post: 1603759" data-attributes="member: 75451"><p>About 30 years ago, I went out with friends to shoot a few "prairie poodles" with my Remington Heavy Barrel Varmint in .223 Rem. My very first shot, a "puff" of gasses, a slight stinging to the face, and recoil...if you can believe that. I could not open the bolt, and rather than force the issue, I took it to a gunsmith! I immediately went home and pulled all of the remaining loads, only about 30 rounds, weighed each charge and found nothing wrong. I was using IMR 4198, and could not have "double charged"! To this date, I can't explain. The only possible explanation, and this is reaching...the rifle had sat in my reloading room, muzzle up for about 2 weeks. Maybe an insect built a nest or some such in the barrel. I was living alone, so a child tampering, wasn't a possibility!</p><p></p><p> I'm glad I wasn't there to observe how he opened the boltand extracted the brass. The .223 brass had a belt similar to a "belted magnum", the case rim was damaged, and the extractor was destroyed! The "smith", performed a "go - no go", and an inspection, and could find nothing else damaged on the rifle.</p><p></p><p> The only other malfunction was, an unexplained miss.....it couldn't have been me! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> memtb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="memtb, post: 1603759, member: 75451"] About 30 years ago, I went out with friends to shoot a few “prairie poodles” with my Remington Heavy Barrel Varmint in .223 Rem. My very first shot, a “puff” of gasses, a slight stinging to the face, and recoil...if you can believe that. I could not open the bolt, and rather than force the issue, I took it to a gunsmith! I immediately went home and pulled all of the remaining loads, only about 30 rounds, weighed each charge and found nothing wrong. I was using IMR 4198, and could not have “double charged”! To this date, I can’t explain. The only possible explanation, and this is reaching...the rifle had sat in my reloading room, muzzle up for about 2 weeks. Maybe an insect built a nest or some such in the barrel. I was living alone, so a child tampering, wasn’t a possibility! I’m glad I wasn’t there to observe how he opened the boltand extracted the brass. The .223 brass had a belt similar to a “belted magnum”, the case rim was damaged, and the extractor was destroyed! The “smith”, performed a “go - no go”, and an inspection, and could find nothing else damaged on the rifle. The only other malfunction was, an unexplained miss.....it couldn’t have been me! :D memtb [/QUOTE]
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