Close Call

[Yokel Matt 918]

Just picked up my new .223 and decided to treat myself to a new mod while I was at it - the reasoning being its got a 25" barrel and is way off balance with the weight of the P8 on the end. Went to zero it and the first shot took me by suprise - a LOT louder than the P8.... second shot made me jump as something fizzed past my head! Riccochet maybe? surely not as the target is against a back of soft earth. Third shot was louder still and I realised where the problem was as gasses poured out the bush of the mod.

 

Removed the mod and a petal of metal the width of the barrel fluting had peeled off the reflex tube and obviously flown out the gap between the rear buch and the fluting. Makes you shudder.

 

 

Gunsmith was very good about it, replacing it with a different model free of charge.

[tegater 789]

Lucky there!!! Rifles are dangerous things and people occasionally get killed by bolt locking lugs failing and the bolts blasting out rearwards. Any idea what caused the failure?

[Yokel Matt 918]

The bush had to be resized by the gunsmith to sleve over the barrel by the smallest fraction which was well within the tollerence on the instructions / warranty. Just looks like I was unlucky and had a Friday Afternoon model.

[martin 332]

The bush being resized shouldn't make any difference Matt,you could fire the rifle without one there at all without any real danger,it sounds like a part of baffle blew back to me mate,so you are very lucky indeed.

 

Martin

[The one 8,511]

Very lucky mate you buy a lottery ticket yesterday ?.

[cyclonebri1 8]

The bush being resized shouldn't make any difference Matt,you could fire the rifle without one there at all without any real danger,it sounds like a part of baffle blew back to me mate,so you are very lucky indeed.

 

Martin

 

I totally agree, the rear bush is simply a steady or a guide or to stop crap getting into the void twixt mod and barrel, looks like the front end was hit by the bullet to me