Gunnerpalace
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Clearly looks like a case of "if 70gr of powder is so good I'll double it!"
More does not always=better. or safer.
More does not always=better. or safer.
I saw one episode where they loaded a .300 Win Mag case with 70 grains of Bullseye and upon firing in the test rifle, the whole receiver flew apart but nothing came back at the cardboard cutout sitting behind the rifle.
well the OP said he bought 165Gr reloads. Bet they were loaded for a bolt action(there is a differencemost load manuals have a section for M-1's)
Then the question were the cases full length sized?(to the absolute bottom)
And I agree with the poster who thinks it was a1/8 th out of battery firing, because the round looked as if it was unsupported. and finnaly we don't know the quanity or the I.D. of the powder. so the OP does indeed bear some resonsibility in this.
I am thinking about contacting a lawyer. Someone needs to buy me a new M1 and compensate me for my hand, which is still stiff and hurting, I just don't know who yet. I am guessing the reloading company.
NO weapon that sensitive to reloads deserves the kind of koolaid-fueled mental orgies the M1 Garand induces. (referring to documented history of the platform, NOT this incident specifically.)
Think of it this way... Should a fuel station or oil company be responsible if I am stupid enough to put diesel in my gas truck? The fact that the product may or may not have been defective is irrelevant if the product was improperly used by the consumer.
It sucks that this happened to this guy but it is his fault.
Most people should know that they are taking a gamble when buying someone elses handloads. No one knows what someone else loaded the pressures to in their handloads.