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Re: Double blowing up in Botswana
      18/05/04 10:15 PM

I have seen photographs of a couple of blown rifles. In both cases the side of the barrel failed just in front of the chamber.

No idea as to the cause.

Puts the lie to the popular saying that doubles are weak in the action since in both cases the action held up fine and the barrel failed.

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* Double blowing up in Botswana NitroXAdministrator 17/05/04 03:04 PM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana Gibbs505   19/05/04 02:03 PM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana Rusty   19/05/04 06:55 PM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana NitroXAdministrator   19/05/04 10:47 PM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana mickey   17/05/04 03:16 PM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana unspellable   18/05/04 10:15 PM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana NitroXAdministrator   18/05/04 11:57 PM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana 500grains   19/05/04 03:13 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana DUGABOY1   19/05/04 07:50 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana NitroXAdministrator   19/05/04 12:21 PM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana NitroXAdministrator   19/05/04 03:59 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana 500grains   19/05/04 05:39 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana mickey   19/05/04 06:38 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana DUGABOY1   18/05/04 02:36 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana NitroXAdministrator   18/05/04 03:02 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana atkinson6   18/05/04 03:19 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana atkinson6   18/05/04 05:52 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana mickey   18/05/04 11:42 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana bonanza50   18/05/04 06:18 AM
. * * Re: Double blowing up in Botswana 475Guy   18/05/04 12:46 PM

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