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Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?
05/08/08 09:25 PM

I agree with 4seventy.

You also must consider that if the gun was properly bolted shut at the moment of recoil there would be some pressure on the bolts. This pressure would resist whatever slight pressure the shooter could have exerted on the top lever during recoil.

Also consider the time delay. The recoil is relatively slow compared to the flight of the bullet in the barrel. Think of the recoil of the slide and barrel of a 1911 .45acp - the action that unlocks that mechanism and results in cycling the gun. By the time the rifle has recoiled and enough pressure has been exerted against the toplever to open the action the bullet is long gone and pressure is down to nothing.

To me the head separation, in conjunction with the other occurrences, indicates the gun wasn't fully in battery. How it could fire in that position is a mystery to me, but I am unfamiliar with the Chapuis lock design.

I also have no faith in reloaded ammo from somebody else, no matter how "experienced". I think this gent should get some factory ammo and do the routine of tying the rifle to a spare tire (or tyre if in Oz) and pulling the triggers with strings. It will do just fine, I predict.

That's my take on it, FWIW.

Curl

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Scary Moment - What Happened?	mikeh416Rigby	04/08/08 07:56 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	4seventy	04/08/08 06:41 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	hoppdoc	04/08/08 10:25 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	bigmaxx	04/08/08 08:12 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Nakihunter	04/08/08 09:10 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Bramble	04/08/08 10:20 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	mikeh416Rigby	04/08/08 11:52 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	hoppdoc	04/08/08 12:22 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Bramble	04/08/08 12:31 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	mickey	04/08/08 02:00 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	peter	04/08/08 06:43 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	rigbymauser	06/08/08 04:53 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	CptCurl	06/08/08 11:18 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	JPK	07/08/08 01:37 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	JPK	15/08/08 09:25 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Huvius	08/08/08 03:21 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Bill_Cooley	11/08/08 11:23 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	JPK	15/08/08 09:14 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	mikeh416Rigby	11/08/08 12:45 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	450_366	13/08/08 05:46 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	mikeh416Rigby	13/08/08 12:42 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	450_366	13/08/08 11:58 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Nakihunter	14/08/08 08:12 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Bramble	15/08/08 10:16 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Nakihunter	15/08/08 03:27 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	DUGABOY1	18/08/08 11:43 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	4seventy	18/08/08 02:19 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Mike_Bailey	18/08/08 07:17 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	ChrisPer	18/08/08 07:20 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	450_366	04/09/08 05:10 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	450_366	15/08/08 07:22 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	hoppdoc	11/08/08 12:17 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Huvius	05/08/08 01:43 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	bwananelson	05/08/08 04:34 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	tinker	05/08/08 05:57 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	mikeh416Rigby	05/08/08 09:49 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	4seventy	05/08/08 08:12 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	CptCurl	05/08/08 09:25 PM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	Bramble	05/08/08 10:57 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	bigmaxx	05/08/08 06:20 AM
Re: Scary Moment - What Happened?	400NitroExpress	05/08/08 07:54 AM
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