Accident with Musgrave Rifle

Brittle fracture.
It appears the receiver was heat treated but not adequately normalized.
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Heat treated or not, the only thing that's going to save that receiver from grenading from the wrong cartridge is if it was a solid block of stainless. :p Look at the threads on the front, that was the easiest barrel removal i've seen :o
 
http://www.huntnetwork.net/modules/wfsection/html/Ahit'S All in the Claw.pdf

The claw? it is a mistake to think all rifles with the Mauser style extractor 'the claw' are the same, but with 15 miles of gigs already posted to the web by forum members I believe space will run out before anyone has a chance point out the difference.

Then there is the cute illustration of the sequence of events after the trigger is pulled, the firing pin moves forward,, the primer, case, powder and bullet rush forward in an attempt to out run the firing pin and in doing so avoid the firing pin strike etc., etc.., In my rifles that does not happen, my firing pin crushes the primer before the case, powder, bullet know their little buddy the primer has been crushed, it would seem on all other rifles that do not belong to me are allowed to move forward until the case shoulder stops at the chamber shoulder, and that is a perception of the events caused by the cute illustration of events. AND! all the credit is given to the firing pin?

F. Guffey
 
Margin: Margin can be used up, again a bullet designed for penetration without upsetting would be a very bad choice when a shooter wants to be forgiven when SWHUA (shooting while head up donkey). The North Texas smith had little interest in speculation as to how long the bullet was when it exited the barrel, but, for those that believe the bullet was swaged into the neck, forcing cone and rifling can not get their minds around the fact the bullet was not being pulled from the front, but being pushed from the rear, meaning the soft bullet turned inside out from the the rear, again, a better bullet would have resulted in a better results, or more destructive results. When purchasing ammo for a rifle, and there is doubt about the chamber, do not purchase solids.

F. Guffey
 
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