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What blew up my gun?
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<blockquote data-quote="1953greg" data-source="post: 1709531" data-attributes="member: 32822"><p>4.5g is a lot too much but i doubt that alone would cause that failure</p><p>dont kno and dont intend to find out</p><p>but back n the day jus for chit n giggles i hav loaded 220 swift w/ 3031 case full to bottom of neck bout 42g jus to see how much it could handle. crep up 1 grain at a time. all i got were sticky bolts, blown primers, and ruptured cases. </p><p>and thats prolly 5 grains too much. </p><p>and 3031 is a tick hotter than varget</p><p>obtw.....it was a stevens...aka savage...and still shoot it today</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1953greg, post: 1709531, member: 32822"] 4.5g is a lot too much but i doubt that alone would cause that failure dont kno and dont intend to find out but back n the day jus for chit n giggles i hav loaded 220 swift w/ 3031 case full to bottom of neck bout 42g jus to see how much it could handle. crep up 1 grain at a time. all i got were sticky bolts, blown primers, and ruptured cases. and thats prolly 5 grains too much. and 3031 is a tick hotter than varget obtw.....it was a stevens...aka savage...and still shoot it today [/QUOTE]
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