I have never seen an obstruction that didn`t result in catastrophic failure. Only thing I can figure, is the cleaning rod must have been touching the tip of the bullet. how was bolt lift after the shot? Pressure must have been insane!
Look what happened to my Magnetospeed
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planetwaves
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The rifle is a Ruger 77 in 270 Win (22 inch barrel) that I bought in the early '80s. While setting up the MagnetoSpeed, the rod was sticking out of the barrel about 6 or more inches, so wouldn't have been touching the bullet. The bolt was not sticky. I had ejected the case before reading the monitor and noticing the rod was missing. I assumed the barrel was damaged, but it looked clear and a gun smith friend told me to fill the barrel with Hoppes #9 and let it soak over night, then run a brass brush through it 10 times, then dry patches until dry and clean. Then fire 3 fouling shots, then proceed to check grouping. I did all of that and although it fired normally, the groups were still centered but the spread was about 2 to 3 inches at 100 yards, where they used to be about a half inch. This isn't my main hunting rifle now days, but I was considering rebarreling. However, after some experimenting I found a load that groups about 2 inches at 200 yards, so I will keep it as is. Just very lucky overall. This could have been a disaster.
