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<blockquote data-quote="Lee Goodwin" data-source="post: 2479235" data-attributes="member: 107289"><p>I had a factory round go off in chamber, 243, and the Russian made, primer blew out backwards...toward me, the shooter. The round went off, sounded funny, hot gas escaped back toward me. The gas blowing out the primer pocket was like a cutting torch, kind of. The bolt face was blackened, the ejector button was pushed back into it's hole and did not pop back out. Recoil was much less. Hit the bullseye 25 yards away.</p><p>I contacted the company and they were concerned. They had bought a batch of Russian primers that were a tad small? Not perfect anyway. My bolt got repaired just by sending it back to the rifle manufacturer. No one was injured. I would hate to do that with a 338.</p><p>Loose primer pockets are possible with reloading a case a few times, maybe even once. Life is full of risk ...best to know your risks going in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee Goodwin, post: 2479235, member: 107289"] I had a factory round go off in chamber, 243, and the Russian made, primer blew out backwards...toward me, the shooter. The round went off, sounded funny, hot gas escaped back toward me. The gas blowing out the primer pocket was like a cutting torch, kind of. The bolt face was blackened, the ejector button was pushed back into it's hole and did not pop back out. Recoil was much less. Hit the bullseye 25 yards away. I contacted the company and they were concerned. They had bought a batch of Russian primers that were a tad small? Not perfect anyway. My bolt got repaired just by sending it back to the rifle manufacturer. No one was injured. I would hate to do that with a 338. Loose primer pockets are possible with reloading a case a few times, maybe even once. Life is full of risk ...best to know your risks going in. [/QUOTE]
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