ORIGINAL: Pawildman
I would love to know where that shot went when the case ruptured. My bet is that it hit low somewhere. I feel the rupture may have caused some of the gases to move forward to the shoulder area of the chamber where they were sealed off by the casing itself, causing the dents in the casing at that point. The argument to this may be that the vent ot the side of the receiver should have handled the gases from the ruptured casing. That's a thought, anyhow............what do you all think??
I was deer hunting whenI bumped a coyote the shot was running straight away80-100 yards and I took him out inbetween the shoulder blades DOC. I aimed base of the neck though being off hand can't be sure if I dropped it or your theory is right as it hit lower. Never really gave it any thought till I went to eject the spent case and it gave me resistance. Like i said first time it happened to me so was bit pannicked and took the gun to my smith as precaution. Once he gave me a clean bill I stopped at the range and fired 4 groups yielding typical results with the same load. 5 of the test shots fired some were with 4x loaded brass same batch as this one &the others were on3x loaded brass and different lot#. All Rem packaged brass BTW.
Roskoe, I pitch my brass after the 5x loading, again the wayI was taught with other than standard carts.
Since I need to re-stock my brass for the 7 rem mag, any suggestions? Locally Rem is the most readily available but winchester can be found earlier in the year with ease. Though not opposed to mail order either.