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Keeping your barrel cool…
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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 2876678" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>As others have sad, and I am a firm believer in this also…work up your loads in the heat of summer so you don't receive any nasty surprises while hunting like I did 30+ years ago. I found an awesome load in my 25-06 using RE22 and 100g Speer Hot Cor, printed 3/8" groups all day long at 200, I was stoked with that outcome…in 10°C weather!</p><p>Following summer went pig shooting and the very first shot, in 40°C weather, locked the bolt solid, no amount of pulling would open the bolt. Back at camp later that day, I hammered the bolt open, then hammered it to the rear, the case was fully fused to the bolt face of my custom Ruger M77 MK II, when I got it off the bolt using pliers, the primer was in 2 pieces and the anvil was FLATTENED.</p><p>Checked everything and there were no signs of damage, no gas had leaked past the bolt, so was good to go…that was the last time I worked up loads in Winter.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 2876678, member: 10755"] As others have sad, and I am a firm believer in this also…work up your loads in the heat of summer so you don’t receive any nasty surprises while hunting like I did 30+ years ago. I found an awesome load in my 25-06 using RE22 and 100g Speer Hot Cor, printed 3/8” groups all day long at 200, I was stoked with that outcome…in 10°C weather! Following summer went pig shooting and the very first shot, in 40°C weather, locked the bolt solid, no amount of pulling would open the bolt. Back at camp later that day, I hammered the bolt open, then hammered it to the rear, the case was fully fused to the bolt face of my custom Ruger M77 MK II, when I got it off the bolt using pliers, the primer was in 2 pieces and the anvil was FLATTENED. Checked everything and there were no signs of damage, no gas had leaked past the bolt, so was good to go…that was the last time I worked up loads in Winter. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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