Thread: bolt failure P14

Yes wasn’t blaming the GS. Also very glad your ok!
Out of the millions that were made someone has to get the lemon you may never find out why this happened. Could have been the last pore from the pot. Could have been the bolt was dropped in such a way that it was weakened. Might even have been a double load.
At lest you still have all your digits and toes....you may not have wanted new undies for Christmas and I don’t want to ruin the surprise, but...

In saying all of the above if you do find why I am interested.
Load wise do you have any more of the same? Maybe pull those and weight them.
Not sure how you could go about having the bolt tested.
Most of us have the wall of shame for reloads gone astray....that’s sure a good one to put up there. with them if you don’t then wow what a way to start

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Yes wasn’t blaming the GS. Also very glad your ok!
Out of the millions that were made someone has to get the lemon you may never find out why this happened. Could have been the last pore from the pot. Could have been the bolt was dropped in such a way that it was weakened. Might even have been a double load.
At lest you still have all your digits and toes....you may not have wanted new undies for Christmas and I don’t want to ruin the surprise, but...

In saying all of the above if you do find why I am interested.
Load wise do you have any more of the same? Maybe pull those and weight them.
Not sure how you could go about having the bolt tested.
Most of us have the wall of shame for reloads gone astray....that’s sure a good one to put up there. with them if you don’t then wow what a way to start

yeah done all that mate, the remaining string was 61.2grs 2213sc, i use a rcbs electronic powder measure and double check on beam scales, there's not enough room in case for double charge and i keep a fairly good reload dairy and have good checks in place.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Yes wasn’t blaming the GS. Also very glad your ok!
Out of the millions that were made someone has to get the lemon you may never find out why this happened. Could have been the last pore from the pot. Could have been the bolt was dropped in such a way that it was weakened. Might even have been a double load.
At lest you still have all your digits and toes....you may not have wanted new undies for Christmas and I don’t want to ruin the surprise, but...

In saying all of the above if you do find why I am interested.
Load wise do you have any more of the same? Maybe pull those and weight them.
Not sure how you could go about having the bolt tested.
Most of us have the wall of shame for reloads gone astray....that’s sure a good one to put up there. with them if you don’t then wow what a way to start

it was a eye opener for sure, im healing fast, i even did a burn test with remaining case powder to compare with powder from the containers to confirm it was the correct powder. ive gone over everything i did and i am comfortable that i didnt stuff up. and bloody glad i didnt get a bolt through my face.

Originally Posted by mucko

it was a eye opener for sure, im healing fast, i even did a burn test with remaining case powder to compare with powder from the containers to confirm it was the correct powder. ive gone over everything i did and i am comfortable that i didnt stuff up. and bloody glad i didnt get a bolt through my face.

Always wear eye pro.

I saw a guy this year that had a Remington 700 blow and the bolt went back through his eye and took it out, so he's got one eye now. Apparently he got a significant payout from Remington after he got lawyers involved. He had no eye pro on, good impact resistant eye pro might have helped.