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<blockquote data-quote="wyogeargeek" data-source="post: 2187670" data-attributes="member: 64586"><p>Years ago while conducting a rifle qualification for my agency shooting DOD issued M14s, we had a rifle explode due to a massive case failure (per the manufacturer (no longer in business) who took full responsibility.) of a "factory refurbished" round. The shooter was shooting from the prone position and luckily the only real injuries were powder tattooing of his arm and face. The rifle ended up in 12 separate pieces. The magazine blew straight down and the bullets pulled from remaining rounds upon impact with the shooters mat.</p><p></p><p>I might add that the shooter upon release from the emergency room returned to the range and qualified at 100 percent. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😲" title="Astonished face :astonished:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f632.png" data-shortname=":astonished:" /> Not sure I could have pulled that off.</p><p></p><p>I was told by a different manufacturer that the reason they didn't offer "remanufactured" .308 rounds was that brass fired in machine gun class weapons such as the M14's overwork the brass due to loose chamber dimensions. Something to keep in mind while picking up range brass.</p><p></p><p>I have photos of the rifle on a thumb drive somewhere, if I can locate it I'll post them..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wyogeargeek, post: 2187670, member: 64586"] Years ago while conducting a rifle qualification for my agency shooting DOD issued M14s, we had a rifle explode due to a massive case failure (per the manufacturer (no longer in business) who took full responsibility.) of a "factory refurbished" round. The shooter was shooting from the prone position and luckily the only real injuries were powder tattooing of his arm and face. The rifle ended up in 12 separate pieces. The magazine blew straight down and the bullets pulled from remaining rounds upon impact with the shooters mat. I might add that the shooter upon release from the emergency room returned to the range and qualified at 100 percent. 😲 Not sure I could have pulled that off. I was told by a different manufacturer that the reason they didn't offer "remanufactured" .308 rounds was that brass fired in machine gun class weapons such as the M14's overwork the brass due to loose chamber dimensions. Something to keep in mind while picking up range brass. I have photos of the rifle on a thumb drive somewhere, if I can locate it I'll post them.. [/QUOTE]
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