goatbrother

I agree with the thought but i do not think that would be a problem... The A&H is built somewhat on the same design. Randy's 32 H&R Mag conversion works very well in it.

When you close the bolt on the A&H nothing touchesthe shell until you drop the hammer on to the shell. I wish I had the gun here to show you what I am talking about but my son-in-law thought I had to many inlines so he borrowed it 3 years ago.

If you look at the picture you can see he uses a rubber"O" to hold the shell in place while hunting + it would allow the venting of any gasses that were to get by the shell. It is very effective in the A&H..

I believe Doc's heavy duty spring would have no problem handling thepressure of the shell coming back. it certainly holds a 209 in place without any hint of coming out of the 209 cavity. As long as the flash holeremains the standard I see no real problem with back pressure + remember the case will absorb some and expand up against the walls of the BP and then release as it cools..

I included a picture of the A&H BP in one of these posts as well as over in DWB's where there was a brief discussion of this point.

I have sent an e-mail to Doc aboutmy thoughts...