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<blockquote data-quote="Winkfish" data-source="post: 1381856" data-attributes="member: 98068"><p>In hindsight I maybe should have taken it to someone else who may have had more working knowledge of such problems. There may have been alternate ways to disassemble the rifle that could have provided more insight as to the root fault. Since we were unable to remove the barrel it sounded reasonable to take the path we did.</p><p></p><p>I guess like other things in life it always good to get a second opinion or it may cost you.</p><p></p><p>I have the parts all packaged up and ready to ship out tomorrow to see if bigngreen can see what he can find in the barrel.</p><p></p><p>I would not rule out operator error and if someone is able to determine it was my fault I can accept that use that information to be more informed, safe and open to more points of view in the future.</p><p></p><p>To answer a few of the other questions:</p><p>I opened my jug of Retumbo powder in October of 2017.</p><p>I did not see any powder clumping in either dispensing the charge initially or when I measured it after removing the bullets and checking weights.</p><p></p><p>All the federal primers came from the same lot and the ones used for the 230 Berger were from the same 100 primer package. </p><p></p><p>The brass was the same batch of 20 Hornady cases and only have been used in this rifle and only with the 230 Berger. The cases have only been reloaded twice.</p><p></p><p>I initially tested the Berger 230 with a starting load of 86.2 and a max of 88.5 the previous day. I was doing .3 gr steps. There were no pressure signs with any of those loads and the rifle performed without fault. The temp on the day these rounds were tested was 3 degrees. I was unable to get velocities on that day due to fact it was snowing and overcast, so the chrono would not pickup the rounds.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I appreciate the comments. Hopefully it will also provide other folks options if they experience the same fault and possibly their rifle can be saved.</p><p></p><p>If I missed any questions let me know and I will try and answer them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Winkfish, post: 1381856, member: 98068"] In hindsight I maybe should have taken it to someone else who may have had more working knowledge of such problems. There may have been alternate ways to disassemble the rifle that could have provided more insight as to the root fault. Since we were unable to remove the barrel it sounded reasonable to take the path we did. I guess like other things in life it always good to get a second opinion or it may cost you. I have the parts all packaged up and ready to ship out tomorrow to see if bigngreen can see what he can find in the barrel. I would not rule out operator error and if someone is able to determine it was my fault I can accept that use that information to be more informed, safe and open to more points of view in the future. To answer a few of the other questions: I opened my jug of Retumbo powder in October of 2017. I did not see any powder clumping in either dispensing the charge initially or when I measured it after removing the bullets and checking weights. All the federal primers came from the same lot and the ones used for the 230 Berger were from the same 100 primer package. The brass was the same batch of 20 Hornady cases and only have been used in this rifle and only with the 230 Berger. The cases have only been reloaded twice. I initially tested the Berger 230 with a starting load of 86.2 and a max of 88.5 the previous day. I was doing .3 gr steps. There were no pressure signs with any of those loads and the rifle performed without fault. The temp on the day these rounds were tested was 3 degrees. I was unable to get velocities on that day due to fact it was snowing and overcast, so the chrono would not pickup the rounds. I appreciate the comments. Hopefully it will also provide other folks options if they experience the same fault and possibly their rifle can be saved. If I missed any questions let me know and I will try and answer them. [/QUOTE]
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