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Dan Theodore - The Paper Patch Chronicles III Dan Theodore - Another Day the Paper-Patch Way Dan
Theodore - American Creedmoor Cup - Paper Patch Discussion Since the .22 Rimfire silhouette matches are becoming more popular these days, this book could give you a jump start into better .22 shooting (click on the image,below, to jump to the book site.) Dan Theodore - A Tale of Two Bullets at 1,000-yards Dan Theodore - Pit Safety Letter of 2-23-05 Dan Theodore - BPCR Lube Thoughts and Findings Dick Trenk - How to Use Tang Type Rear Sights and Insert Type Front Sights Dick Trenk - Pedersoli Proof Test Rules and Allowable Limits Dick
Trenk - Pedersoli Muzzle Loading Rifle Powder Charge Selection Dick Trenk - Black Powder Cartridge Reloading Guide Dick Trenk - Choosing an Accurate Black Powder Dick Trenk - How To Charge Cases for Best Accuracy David Tubb Articles on Competitive Shooting - The 11-time National Champion writes on improving your shooting Frogmoor Ballard - The Old and the New
Cleaning Cartridge Cases with 4mm Angle-Cut Cylindrical Ceramic Media
- Jim Betush Competition BPCR - a Simplified View Basic Rules
of BPCR Competition Corrosion/Rust Prevention Tests How Far Will a Sharps Shoot? - Mike Venturino Paper Patching - Brent Danielson's Web site Barrel Break In - Some Views on Properly Educating a 'Dumb' Piece of Steel – Greg Cameron This is not BPCR, but is definitely worth a look, folks. I have posted ten relatively high quality images of a brand new SAKO bolt action rifle in .300 Winchester Magnum caliber, with synthetic stock, and fluted barrel. On the 15th shot out of the box, it went KA-BOOM! The first 14 shots were from a box of Hornady factory ammunition. The fifteenth shot was from a new box of Federal factory ammunition. The barrel is now in three totally separate, longitudinal pieces, the receiver is split down the middle, with left and right halves, and the forestock is a black plastic memory. The cartridge case is split from mouth to case head, and looks like a three-petaled flower. With the limited number of images available - here are my thoughts on the event: To my non-professional (since I don't get paid for my opinions,) eye this is a failure caused by included flaw(s) in the barrel steel. Once the barrel started to fail, the fractures continued forward, generally along the edge where the flutes join the major diameter of the barrel. Note, in the image of the cartridge case, there does not appear to be any significant swelling, or deformation, of the case head, itself, and I can not see any melted brass, or brass flow. I cannot see any brass flow in the shattered area of the split barrel, either. To my mind, that precludes the possibility that it was a high pressure round causing the failure. (Unfortunately, I do not yet have any images of the case head, itself, or of the bolt face, which might add additional credence to my point.) The shooter was NOT seriously harmed because he was shooting from the bench, apparently wore proper protective gear, and had his arms cradled under the butt - in the rear sand bag area. OK. enough teasing. Here's the link to the photos. - Rick A. Shay, Colorado An update on the SAKO ka-boom report above. |