One Major CRF failure to extract story!`
I bought some custom .458 Lott loads, 500 grain, solid brass bullets, loaded by a famous custom loader. I set up my Oehler 35P to chrono the load, and when I fired the first shot IT WAS A DANDY! It read 2700 FPS Plus, a Weatherby .460 load for god's sake! It felt like it too!
The pressure was so high it discolored the action on my CZ 550 Lott!!! I had to use a piece of wood to beat the round back out of the chamber ... not good during a lion charge...
The CZ stood up to the shot after the round was beat out, and the primer fell out onto the ground. The stress was terrible on case, gun, action and me.
The Custom loader to remain unknown, did reload the rounds with Star Brass instead of the original brand; they worked as they should have, no problems.
THIS IS WHY YOU NEVER, AND I MEAN NEVER, GO INTO THE FIELD OF BATTLE--ANIMAL OR MAN--WITHOUT TESTING NEW LOADS AND THE RIFLE WITH THOSE LOADS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE ORDERED THEM BEFORE!!!
Brass, powder, and other things change, and you must know beforehand that there is no man made problem. No rifle is impervious to man made problems, and this is why I like the Mauser style action. With all that high pressure, the extractor being beaten with wood to open and get the round out, STILL PULLED IT OUT, AND WAS GOOD TO GO AFTER!
THAT WAS A SHOT I WILL REMEMBER. THE GOOD THING IS, IT WORKED, IF I HIT WHAT I WAS AIMING AT IT WOULD HAVE HAD AN ATTITUDE CHANGE.