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Old 06-24-2007, 10:18   #31
Gene Econ
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Originally Posted by HOLLiS
I thought about powder, It could be possible he ran out of powder before he ran out of cases and refilled the powder measure with a pistol powder. Depending on how many empty cases he had left, that could be why the defective rounds were very low in number. I'll look at those pictures again, but I really would like to have parts in hand. Hollis
Hollis:

Yes -- look at how the bottom of the bolt carriers were blown out. Given the bottoms blown out of each bolt -- could this have happened from an out of battery firing? I can't see how that much gas could get into the bolt carrier unless it went through the gas system itself.

Your opinion?

Gene
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