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<blockquote data-quote="Don A Parsons" data-source="post: 1708405" data-attributes="member: 97414"><p>Yuppers,,, Darn lucky fore sure,,, that's what really counts...</p><p></p><p>My guess and a guess only is that the bullet up the pipe before the explosion didn't clear the tube...</p><p></p><p>The bolt has 2 options,,, straight out the back if the lugs rip off,,, or bolt buckle up with damage to it and or the action...</p><p></p><p>My old retired gun Smith had 4 walls of destruction in his shop... In most cases the shooters came out of those explosions ok,,, not so much for others...</p><p></p><p>We got lucky a few years ago when a fellow beside us fired a shot and it just didn't sound right,,, we pulled the bolt and sure enough a bullet got about 4" up the pipe stuck...</p><p></p><p>Had he launched the next shot it would of been bad...</p><p></p><p>A few years after that we had a fellow blow a bolt out of his action,,, 20 to 30 feet where it landed behind him,,, caught a peace of his cheek and top part of his thumb Knuckle,,, lucky fore sure,,, the fellow on the port side ended up with brass shrapnel along his face and shoulder....good thing for shooting glasses...</p><p></p><p>The bolt lugs were ok on that blow back,,, the only thing we could make of it was the bolt handle got kicked up or he had a hang fire when he lifted the bolt handle with the back of his thumb Knuckle...</p><p></p><p>Either way,,, glad you come out of this ok...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Don A Parsons, post: 1708405, member: 97414"] Yuppers,,, Darn lucky fore sure,,, that's what really counts... My guess and a guess only is that the bullet up the pipe before the explosion didn't clear the tube... The bolt has 2 options,,, straight out the back if the lugs rip off,,, or bolt buckle up with damage to it and or the action... My old retired gun Smith had 4 walls of destruction in his shop... In most cases the shooters came out of those explosions ok,,, not so much for others... We got lucky a few years ago when a fellow beside us fired a shot and it just didn't sound right,,, we pulled the bolt and sure enough a bullet got about 4" up the pipe stuck... Had he launched the next shot it would of been bad... A few years after that we had a fellow blow a bolt out of his action,,, 20 to 30 feet where it landed behind him,,, caught a peace of his cheek and top part of his thumb Knuckle,,, lucky fore sure,,, the fellow on the port side ended up with brass shrapnel along his face and shoulder....good thing for shooting glasses... The bolt lugs were ok on that blow back,,, the only thing we could make of it was the bolt handle got kicked up or he had a hang fire when he lifted the bolt handle with the back of his thumb Knuckle... Either way,,, glad you come out of this ok... [/QUOTE]
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