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K31 Ouch!!

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 3:11 am
by DuncaninFrance
Apparently a possible double charge and a fracture in the receiver ring plus a slightly oversize cast bullet :shock:

It might be Swiss but they still break under the right (wrong) circumstances................

Re: K31 Ouch!!

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:15 am
by joseyclosey
It would be interesting to find out more, a slightly oversized cast bullet had nowt to do with that blow up I reckon. Someones you know Duncan ?

Re: K31 Ouch!!

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:22 am
by Niner
Was the barrel plugged up? Did the shooter get hit by any of the the flying metal?

Re: K31 Ouch!!

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:09 pm
by DuncaninFrance
Don't know him Joe, someone in Canada.
I cannot think the case was double charged, there isn't enough room! I doubt the bullet had anything to do with it either but a possible old fracture in the receiver ring sounds most likely to me. I believe he had a bit of a bloody face.

Re: K31 Ouch!!

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:51 pm
by deadin
Cast bullet says reloaded. Who knows what powder was used. The case is big enough to get a pretty hefty load of fast pistol powder. (Think Bullseye or similar.)

Re: K31 Ouch!!

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:35 am
by DuncaninFrance
Certainly, but I have to say that if this twit was using pistol powder then he deserves a broken rifle, he is now the owner of a lot of spare parts................

Re: K31 Ouch!!

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:50 pm
by ArchFluffy
Wow!

I saw things about this on a couple of places. The different sites seem to come down to reloader's error.

So we learn from other peoples' mistakes so we don't have to learn from our own. :idea:

-ArchFluffy

Re: K31 Ouch!!

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:11 am
by Rolling45-70
we have had two accidents like this but with Swedish Mausers in the past.
Load in both issues are Vitav. N 110 double charged and jacketed bullets

no issue reported by fast burnung pistol powder and cast bullets

Greetings from Germany

Klaus