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<blockquote data-quote="Innovative" data-source="post: 460189" data-attributes="member: 527"><p>4xforfun .......</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Well .... as you know the 30/06 is not a belted magnum, and that's what this thread is about.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"What's the worst thing that could happen if a 30/06 shoulder was bumped back too far?" </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 15px">That depends</span><strong> .....</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">--- It is possible that the blow from a 30/06 firing pin might be absorbed if the case was allowed to be pushed forward into the chamber. The rifle might not fire. I guess a wounded bear might want to eat some unlucky hunter that was unable to take a follow-up shot.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: red"><strong>(NOTE)</strong> Due to the extremely shallow shoulder angle on the 300 H&H Magnum, it became one of the first belted cases, and its belt was designed to stop forward movement of the case to ensure reliable ignition.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">--- If a 30/06 shoulder was pushed back too far on the <strong>FIRST</strong> or second firing, everything would probably be just fine, because unlike belted magnum calibers, the 30/06 factory ammo has a <u>far tighter</u> shoulder clearance than any belted magnum caliber. <span style="color: red">(Most shooters are not aware of this.)</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">--- <strong>However</strong>, when the chamber clearance (at the shoulder) of a 30/06 is repeatedly pushed back too far at each reloading, the brass becomes thinner, brittle and weak enough to get ripped in half when fired. That's a headspace separation that can blast hot chamber pressure gases to back through the action into a shooter's face.</span></span></p><p> </p><div style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I'll bet we both agree on this information.</span></span></div></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Innovative, post: 460189, member: 527"] 4xforfun ....... [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Well .... as you know the 30/06 is not a belted magnum, and that's what this thread is about.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]"What's the worst thing that could happen if a 30/06 shoulder was bumped back too far?" [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][SIZE=4]That depends[/SIZE][B] .....[/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]--- It is possible that the blow from a 30/06 firing pin might be absorbed if the case was allowed to be pushed forward into the chamber. The rifle might not fire. I guess a wounded bear might want to eat some unlucky hunter that was unable to take a follow-up shot.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=red][B](NOTE)[/B] Due to the extremely shallow shoulder angle on the 300 H&H Magnum, it became one of the first belted cases, and its belt was designed to stop forward movement of the case to ensure reliable ignition.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]--- If a 30/06 shoulder was pushed back too far on the [B]FIRST[/B] or second firing, everything would probably be just fine, because unlike belted magnum calibers, the 30/06 factory ammo has a [U]far tighter[/U] shoulder clearance than any belted magnum caliber. [COLOR=red](Most shooters are not aware of this.)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]--- [B]However[/B], when the chamber clearance (at the shoulder) of a 30/06 is repeatedly pushed back too far at each reloading, the brass becomes thinner, brittle and weak enough to get ripped in half when fired. That's a headspace separation that can blast hot chamber pressure gases to back through the action into a shooter's face.[/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I'll bet we both agree on this information.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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