Link here (pdf file)

If that’s the case, the company is in a good position because my Savage owner’s manual clearly states that using handloads is not recommended and will void the warranty.

In a comment over at Alphecca, Ninth Stage notes that it’s interesting that no ammunition maker is named in the lawsuit, leading him to suspect a overcharged handload.

Yea, I notice that too, and plenty of people said “handload by idiot” too already.

The point I’d like to make is we aren’t really given much, not even a photo.

So until I’m shown otherwise, I’m going to assume that it’s 90% lawyer speak, and 10% truth (namely, he likely had some kind of accident, and he’s planning to sue)

Total junk.

Selling my 20 guage 22 o/u was the best decision i’ve ever made. the bullets from the 2 barrels were off in distinctly opposite directions.

A squib leaving a second bullet an inch into the rifling might also do this.

Just wondering, but why the heck does one need a .300 Ultra Mag for deer?

Perhaps he’s practicing for that Alaska trip.

It also seems like those who would brag over the biggest antlers might also brag over the biggest gun.

My cousin uses something like this for eastern whitetail. I’d say it’s an overkill but he does connect, usually with neck shots, and drops them quickly and humanly.

Yes, most of the country here is pretty wide open. I don’t know if I’d personally take a 400-meter shot, but they are possible.

Plus mulies tend to run about 50-100 pounds bigger than whitetails, so you need some extra oomph downrange.

And as a longtime owner and fan of Savage bolt-actions, I’d be willing to guess that it was either bad ammo or “operator error”. I’ve been out hunting and found a branch stuck in my barrel before; if I’d taken a hasty shot I might have ended up the same way.

Have a look. Here’s a barrel in which the guy left his bore sighter in the end and then fired.

Barrel obstruction? I doubt it. You won’t get a barrel obstruction to cause a massive overpressure parts-flinging like that.

Suing the seller? That’s a lawyer’s work… milking it for money.

Savage will probably have an expert “prove” to the jury that it was an overloaded cartridge, which is actually very likely what happened. With the case capacity that a .300 Ultra Mag has, you can imagine how lethal a double charge or worse a charge with the wrong powder could be.

I mean, that kind of carnage could easily be caused by Bubba there loading 100 grains of bullseye under a 180gr Sierra…