I went to the range with my stepbrother the other day, and after rattling off a few rounds and handing the rifle to him, he proceeded to shoot the bolt-action single fire; after every shot, he would open the bolt and insert a new round.
I pleaded with him to just load a couple of more into the magazine or use one of the strippers, but he was adamant. He felt that the rifle was getting too hot, and he was afraid of one of the bullets cooking off and firing without him pulling the trigger, or suffering a catastrophic failure in the magazine. I tried to tell him the possibility of it was extraordinarily unlikely, but to be honest I'm not 100% sure myself.
In 90 degree Florida heat, and a gun hot from around 40 .30 cal rounds through the barrel, is there even any remote danger of a round cooking off with a bolt action? I figure that a hot chamber and barrel wouldn't have any effect on the primer all the way at the back, much less the magazine, but I guess you never know.
I pleaded with him to just load a couple of more into the magazine or use one of the strippers, but he was adamant. He felt that the rifle was getting too hot, and he was afraid of one of the bullets cooking off and firing without him pulling the trigger, or suffering a catastrophic failure in the magazine. I tried to tell him the possibility of it was extraordinarily unlikely, but to be honest I'm not 100% sure myself.
In 90 degree Florida heat, and a gun hot from around 40 .30 cal rounds through the barrel, is there even any remote danger of a round cooking off with a bolt action? I figure that a hot chamber and barrel wouldn't have any effect on the primer all the way at the back, much less the magazine, but I guess you never know.