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<blockquote data-quote="Riflehunter1776" data-source="post: 1381999" data-attributes="member: 103369"><p>if the cases were new, I wonder if one was defective from the factory? Possibly wrong case head dimensions?</p><p></p><p>I do know an individual who blew up a nice swedish mauser by trying to make ersatz 6.5x55 brass from 308 brass. The first 4 apparently went off with no problems, but the 5th blew the receiver to pieces. Obviously that was his own stupidity, but sometimes</p><p>weird things happen that are not the fault of the operator; we trust our components to be exactly what the box says they are and don't always check them ....... but it isn't necessarily the case. I once saw a whole shipment of rifles marked on the box and barrel as "270" which were actually 280's. I won't mention the brand.</p><p></p><p>the only other issues I can think of with cold weather would possibly cause malfunctions, but not necessarily a catastrophic failure. Repeatedly taking a rifle and ammunition in and out of a heated building into sub zero temps will cause condensation issues - this is why the Wehrmacht in general and snipers in particular were ordered not to do this on the russian front in the winter. Now in the short term, the condensation might cause powder clumping, but doubtfully anything more than that...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riflehunter1776, post: 1381999, member: 103369"] if the cases were new, I wonder if one was defective from the factory? Possibly wrong case head dimensions? I do know an individual who blew up a nice swedish mauser by trying to make ersatz 6.5x55 brass from 308 brass. The first 4 apparently went off with no problems, but the 5th blew the receiver to pieces. Obviously that was his own stupidity, but sometimes weird things happen that are not the fault of the operator; we trust our components to be exactly what the box says they are and don't always check them ....... but it isn't necessarily the case. I once saw a whole shipment of rifles marked on the box and barrel as "270" which were actually 280's. I won't mention the brand. the only other issues I can think of with cold weather would possibly cause malfunctions, but not necessarily a catastrophic failure. Repeatedly taking a rifle and ammunition in and out of a heated building into sub zero temps will cause condensation issues - this is why the Wehrmacht in general and snipers in particular were ordered not to do this on the russian front in the winter. Now in the short term, the condensation might cause powder clumping, but doubtfully anything more than that... [/QUOTE]
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