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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Wade J VanGinkel said:
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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I have shot hundreds of those S&B 173 grain Torpedo rounds with zero problems... and they are accurate and great on game too.
 
Wade J VanGinkel said:
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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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.
 
Wade J VanGinkel said:
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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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.
 
Finally got to hunt with this rifle and absolutely love it. The 173gr load took down a roughly 250lb boar in Texas yesterday.

Super proud also of my 15yr of grandson.
3 Pigs and a coyote down in 4 shots. 2 Pigs 5 seconds apart.
He's using a Browning A bolt 30-06

I tried to post a picture of mine with the rifle. But after I touched it up to remove blood it says file not accepted.
It's the boar on the ground by itself anyway in these pictures
 

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