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Sometimes I can be a *******.....
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<blockquote data-quote="41mag" data-source="post: 372840" data-attributes="member: 3804"><p>Well the rifle is a Winchester M70, from around '69. Not that it means it is anything special, just from around then. As to the hows and where things came out of and got to, not sure but they got out somehow probably through the gas ports on the side of the action. Not sure to be honest, but they got out and stunk like hell. </p><p></p><p>Bolt was closed and still secure when I got home and took quite a smack to open the bolt. A neighbor at the time was doing quite a bit of gun smithing and checked it all out for me before I trusted it again. He said the case was toast but that everything checked out ok with the action and bolt. Since then I have always been a bit more careful with my loads. </p><p></p><p>I have had issues arise with newer powders and loads when temperatures changed from cool in the morning to warm in the afternoon as it does here in TX on a regular basis in the spring and fall. That is one reason I like to work up loads in the late spring or early summer when temps are riding the mid 70's in the mornings and 80's in the evenings. Thats a lot closer to the actual temperatures we're more likly to be shooting in for most of the year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="41mag, post: 372840, member: 3804"] Well the rifle is a Winchester M70, from around '69. Not that it means it is anything special, just from around then. As to the hows and where things came out of and got to, not sure but they got out somehow probably through the gas ports on the side of the action. Not sure to be honest, but they got out and stunk like hell. Bolt was closed and still secure when I got home and took quite a smack to open the bolt. A neighbor at the time was doing quite a bit of gun smithing and checked it all out for me before I trusted it again. He said the case was toast but that everything checked out ok with the action and bolt. Since then I have always been a bit more careful with my loads. I have had issues arise with newer powders and loads when temperatures changed from cool in the morning to warm in the afternoon as it does here in TX on a regular basis in the spring and fall. That is one reason I like to work up loads in the late spring or early summer when temps are riding the mid 70's in the mornings and 80's in the evenings. Thats a lot closer to the actual temperatures we're more likly to be shooting in for most of the year. [/QUOTE]
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