Originally Posted by
BrentD
That is a hypothesis, hardly a theory. The difference being immense.
You really should read the OP first you know. The first part of your hypothesis is easily disproved. The second part is just wrong
hypothesis, theory, theorem, supposition, whatever. High school semantics were a long time ago.
My all of the above is that low number 03 blow ups have all been from handloads, bore obstruction, or other ammunition problems.
My theorem, which you are encouraged to disprove, is that no one can find a low number 03 blown up by good surplus or commercial ammunition. I say good surplus because M split case heads like on some lots of Korean, for example will wreck any rifle and blow a ln 03 to bits.
There are thousands of low number sporter 03's out there that hit the hunting fields every year with owners that don't know the ln/hn problem, but they shoot just fine.
I have shot my 1904 production rifle just for grins, but it lives in the safe, my high numbers shoot the same.
Last edited by PhillipM; 06-10-2016 at 09:59.
Phillip McGregor (OFC)
"I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur