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Reloading
This could have ended a LOT worse
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<blockquote data-quote="jakelly" data-source="post: 2250487" data-attributes="member: 26850"><p>Well, if it can be reproduced in those circumstances, at will, then I'm not willing to bet my body/property/life that it "can't" happen to me in my circumstances. The hypothesis driving this detonation research comes from people who have experienced it. You seem to be arguing that this can't or doesn't happen, evidence suggests it does.</p><p></p><p>In the spirit of not derailing the thread further, I do not think that is what happened here. Every indication points to brass failure not a pressure event. This has it's own lessons and I stated to the OP what I would do differently.</p><p></p><p>If there is a takeaway that I would like to stress for the sake of posterity, it's not that reduced charges can lead to detonation pressure spikes, but rather that the bolt being on the wrong side is more than just mildly inconvenient. I'm a LH shooter and this is somewhat personal, but objectively it's reckless. It's not a big deal, until it is, and then it becomes really big, as this instance clearly demonstrates. My rifles are all LH and my RH shooting children all get RH rifles. Yes, it's another expensive purchase, but I would have a very hard time forgiving myself if one of my children lost an eye or worse. Thank God this girl is fine, truly could have been much worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jakelly, post: 2250487, member: 26850"] Well, if it can be reproduced in those circumstances, at will, then I’m not willing to bet my body/property/life that it “can’t” happen to me in my circumstances. The hypothesis driving this detonation research comes from people who have experienced it. You seem to be arguing that this can’t or doesn’t happen, evidence suggests it does. In the spirit of not derailing the thread further, I do not think that is what happened here. Every indication points to brass failure not a pressure event. This has it’s own lessons and I stated to the OP what I would do differently. If there is a takeaway that I would like to stress for the sake of posterity, it’s not that reduced charges can lead to detonation pressure spikes, but rather that the bolt being on the wrong side is more than just mildly inconvenient. I’m a LH shooter and this is somewhat personal, but objectively it’s reckless. It’s not a big deal, until it is, and then it becomes really big, as this instance clearly demonstrates. My rifles are all LH and my RH shooting children all get RH rifles. Yes, it’s another expensive purchase, but I would have a very hard time forgiving myself if one of my children lost an eye or worse. Thank God this girl is fine, truly could have been much worse. [/QUOTE]
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