Thread: bolt failure P14

Originally Posted by Tankd

The Rifle seems to be operating in the range of pressures it can hold ? . That being the 276 enfield and 30-06 , and there where a lot of 30-06 fired out of P17's .
So what the question is what happened to the case ? . Because it all seems to point to what Gundoc has said with maybe some sort of case failure / maybe oversized / oil on case / something which contributed as a catalyst . With age cracking just behind the bolt ?????.
So is there any pictures of the case ? .

i use imperial sizeing wax on cases then ultrasonic clean and air dry before i load them, clean primer pockets etc, loaded rounds are stored in mtm case. the case that was in the barrel apart from no arse end had no splits and no signs of gas blowing past the neck. will try get fresh pics up tomorrow.