TaxPhd,
It seems that you have directed me to that story 4 times in the past. So I reread it.
Without starting a semantics argument, you state that it must have been "bad brass", since it was of unknown origin and the weapon was fully in battery.
The case on any weapon can fail. Bolt action rifles have gas ports built in against this possibility.
The KaBoom term gets alot of use, but the definition should be narrower than it usually is. I have always understood it too mean a rather forcefull case head failure with no obvious cause.
Barrel leading is an obvious cause. So is weakened, oft reloaded brass, or double charges.
The reason KaBoom has its own term is because it has happened with fresh factory ammo and the caliber and models more affected are NOT in a random distribution.
There are probably alot of Kabooms reported that really shouldn't be counted (if there was a count), but it's hard to seperate truly bad ammo from factory spec loads.
Someone posted an LEO message from last weak where three G22s in one dept., all firing factory 155 gr. ammo, KaBoomed. No lead, no reloads, no 180gr. ammo. No obvious cause. That's compelling.
