Comments on: Kaboom

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:27:34 +0000

I’ve come to the realization that it’s time to discard my 10mm brass. 5 firings is enough for each case.

By: countertop

countertop — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:12:35 +0000

At the High Road at least, it looks like he’s retracted his complaints about FN.

Moral of the story – don’t reload if you don’t know what your doing.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:59:53 +0000

Ow.

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:57:33 +0000

Probably not a double charge. From what folks are saying here it's more likely a lack of resized brass. 5.7mm apparently stretches quite a bit even after just one firing (see pics at that link). If you don't resize you get an unsupported case head and the potential for out of battery firing.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:59:52 +0000

thing is, the 5.7 case is so small and this guy was using 5.1 grains of powder… if he used 10.2, he wouldnt have been able to seat the bullet…

to me, just at the first glance at the chamber in the pictures i immediately thought that the gun fired out of battery…

reload or not, that would have catastrophic results…

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:17:03 +0000

Unless I read that wrong, it was a reloaded round. For all the talk of case head separation, out of battery firing, blah blah blah, as a reloader I’m always partial to “crap, I threw a double charge” as the primary explanation.

That’s another reason I like loading rifle better – a double charge results in powder all over the place. Kind of hard to miss.

By: Jim W

Jim W — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:50:58 +0000

When a product explodes in your hand, it is time to lawyer up, not talk to customer service.