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<blockquote data-quote="villagelightsmith" data-source="post: 2593752" data-attributes="member: 68421"><p><em>"We had one bolt give way .. (</em>sheared off<em> its locking lugs) .. with a mild 55,000 psi load. </em>That really isn't the whole story though,<em> because it says nothing about the half dozen 100,000+ psi loads which were fired the day before."</em></p><p>[W.L.Godfrey: The 30-06. Pg 21. Elk Mountain Shooters Supply, 1975] </p><p>To paraphrase, it's not the last shot that breaks the thing, but that's the one that gets the credit ... or the blame. </p><p>To borrow from another, "For the good of the trip, don't chance it." This old man would bet you could <em>probably</em> shoot that receiver and bolt for the next 100 years on the bench with any reasonable load. I'm not a metallurgist, but that would be my SWAG, the <em>ignorant odds</em> I would give. But on the other hand, <em>what are the</em> <em>stakes of my bet? What if I'm wrong, and someone ... a future shooter ... loses my bet? </em>There's a well known gunwriter still walking around with pieces of bolt in his head from an overpressure load. We play with some serious stuff. Find and read the account from the fellow whose SERBU .50 disassembled in his face! The details of that one are amazing!</p><p>What is your responsibility to some future owner of the gun? If perchance the gun fails ... or not ... is not your duty the same? I hate to think of the act of placing the strippedbolt and receiver in a chop-saw, but that might be the moral and ethical thing to do. Chopping it would only hurt for a moment, but a detonation in someone's face could last a lifetime.</p><p>Just my half-penny thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="villagelightsmith, post: 2593752, member: 68421"] [I]"We had one bolt give way .. ([/I]sheared off[I] its locking lugs) .. with a mild 55,000 psi load. [/I]That really isn't the whole story though,[I] because it says nothing about the half dozen 100,000+ psi loads which were fired the day before."[/I] [W.L.Godfrey: The 30-06. Pg 21. Elk Mountain Shooters Supply, 1975] To paraphrase, it's not the last shot that breaks the thing, but that's the one that gets the credit ... or the blame. To borrow from another, "For the good of the trip, don't chance it." This old man would bet you could [I]probably[/I] shoot that receiver and bolt for the next 100 years on the bench with any reasonable load. I'm not a metallurgist, but that would be my SWAG, the [I]ignorant odds[/I] I would give. But on the other hand, [I]what are the[/I] [I]stakes of my bet? What if I'm wrong, and someone ... a future shooter ... loses my bet? [/I]There's a well known gunwriter still walking around with pieces of bolt in his head from an overpressure load. We play with some serious stuff. Find and read the account from the fellow whose SERBU .50 disassembled in his face! The details of that one are amazing! What is your responsibility to some future owner of the gun? If perchance the gun fails ... or not ... is not your duty the same? I hate to think of the act of placing the strippedbolt and receiver in a chop-saw, but that might be the moral and ethical thing to do. Chopping it would only hurt for a moment, but a detonation in someone's face could last a lifetime. Just my half-penny thought. [/QUOTE]
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