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WHO_TEE_WHO Rimfire Explosion

davidjoe

An experimental gun with experimental ammunition
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New upload. A 17 Rimfire brass failure takes out the Ruger bolt action rifle. Doesn’t look like an obstruction, either, just brass failure. Wood splinters and magazine sent flying.

I think I know the answer to this question, but there are no Rimfire rifles made with bolts that surround the case head with the typical push feed, centerfire bolt head’s three rings of steel, right?

This video is a reminder how much force is generated even in rimfire cartridges. He shows fired brass, and that case head was shredded.

Save that box for its lot number, Who Tee, report it to the manufacturer. There is either a situation of overloading or of brass being either defective metallurgically, or a forming machine that is drawing thin spots in the cases. They need to look at all your fired brass and remaining shells.
 
New upload. A 17 Rimfire brass failure takes out the Ruger bolt action rifle. Doesn’t look like an obstruction, either, just brass failure. Wood splinters and magazine sent flying.

I think I know the answer to this question, but there are no Rimfire rifles made with bolts that surround the case head with the typical push feed, centerfire bolt head’s three rings of steel, right?

This video is a reminder how much force is generated even in rimfire cartridges. He shows fired brass, and that case head was shredded.

Save that box for its lot number, Who Tee, report it to the manufacturer. There is either a situation of overloading or of brass being either defective metallurgically, or a forming machine that is drawing thin spots in the cases. They need to look at all your fired brass and remaining shells.
 

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