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Update on braked rifle, bullets keyholing
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<blockquote data-quote="sambo3006" data-source="post: 356284" data-attributes="member: 2740"><p>Chas1,</p><p>It was fired for function. It did not have the brake on it at the time and it apparently went bang just fine. They must not have shot it at a paper target, though.</p><p></p><p>royinidaho,</p><p>It would have been an Edge if it had a throat. The fired casings had a neck diameter that miked right in between a fired 308 cal and a fired 338 cal. If you looked really close you could see faint impressions of the rifling on the case neck. Not really noticeable unless you were looking closely.</p><p>The brake has a 30 cal orifice, that is the scary part. The barrel was threaded by the "gunsmith" but the brake was put on later by the orignial purchaser. I can see some copper on the inside of the brake, it is fortunate that the brake held its integrity and didn't send any chunks of bullet or brake back at me.</p><p></p><p>J E Custom,</p><p>I figured the same thing as far as not hurting the bore of the barrel but I am still glad that the owner of the shop is getting a 30 cal blank as I didn't want a 338 Ultra, I thought I was buying a 300 Ultra. He regrets that it got out of his shop even though the mistake was not made by him personally. </p><p></p><p>This whole ordeal will make for an interesting story down the road but I wish it was someone else's story! lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sambo3006, post: 356284, member: 2740"] Chas1, It was fired for function. It did not have the brake on it at the time and it apparently went bang just fine. They must not have shot it at a paper target, though. royinidaho, It would have been an Edge if it had a throat. The fired casings had a neck diameter that miked right in between a fired 308 cal and a fired 338 cal. If you looked really close you could see faint impressions of the rifling on the case neck. Not really noticeable unless you were looking closely. The brake has a 30 cal orifice, that is the scary part. The barrel was threaded by the "gunsmith" but the brake was put on later by the orignial purchaser. I can see some copper on the inside of the brake, it is fortunate that the brake held its integrity and didn't send any chunks of bullet or brake back at me. J E Custom, I figured the same thing as far as not hurting the bore of the barrel but I am still glad that the owner of the shop is getting a 30 cal blank as I didn't want a 338 Ultra, I thought I was buying a 300 Ultra. He regrets that it got out of his shop even though the mistake was not made by him personally. This whole ordeal will make for an interesting story down the road but I wish it was someone else's story! lol [/QUOTE]
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