Purchased Another rifle I didn't know I needed, 7x64

Just an update. Now that winter is over i got out to do some shooting this morning.
Overall the 173gr S&B ammo i bought is much more accurate. Right at 1moa.
The only troubling thing is one case totally ruptured. I knew something was wrong immediately as I felt the gasses and then sticky bolt lift. Only this one cartridge a all the rest fired fine.
 

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Just an update. Now that winter is over i got out to do some shooting this morning.
Overall the 173gr S&B ammo i bought is much more accurate. Right at 1moa.
The only troubling thing is one case totally ruptured. I knew something was wrong immediately as I felt the gasses and then sticky bolt lift. Only this one cartridge a all the rest fired fine.

I have shot hundreds of those S&B 173 grain Torpedo rounds with zero problems... and they are accurate and great on game too.
 
Just an update. Now that winter is over i got out to do some shooting this morning.
Overall the 173gr S&B ammo i bought is much more accurate. Right at 1moa.
The only troubling thing is one case totally ruptured. I knew something was wrong immediately as I felt the gasses and then sticky bolt lift. Only this one cartridge a all the rest fired fine.
That looks like a bad case, it happens. I note though that the later stuff seems hotter than previous. I had one round of that show obvious pressure signs not long ago. I pulled one down, noted the charge then dumped a few grains out of some others of that box.
 
Just an update. Now that winter is over i got out to do some shooting this morning.
Overall the 173gr S&B ammo i bought is much more accurate. Right at 1moa.
The only troubling thing is one case totally ruptured. I knew something was wrong immediately as I felt the gasses and then sticky bolt lift. Only this one cartridge a all the rest fired fine.
Probably the result of the machine that stamps out brass disc's from the brass strip being run too quickly and getting out of time. If a cutting die takes a nick out of a disc that will happen. I only saw it twice at the range complex that I used to run.
 

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