Joe, as posted in an earlier post the specs on the reload is as follows. STS hull,Win209, Windjammer/CBequiv.,17.3gr Clays,1125FPS, 5,500PSI. Day was typical summer N.MI. 50-70 degress. Look at the wad, I find it as telling as anything. How did it get to look like that? Torn post and fingers disfigured front and back. Normal one as comparison. How did that one get so tore up unless it got hung up in the ruptured area on its way down the tube.
EightBore, I mentioned earlier in this post or the one prior to the photos being posted that I weighed the remaining shells and then took them all apart and weighed the powder seperately. All were right on the specs. Then we went through the PW to see if anything was out of wack. Also tried to duplicate a double charge. We did replace(a month or so ago) the finger in the wad placement station to stop the poor sideways entry into the hull.Found nothing. We also use a static strip in the powder canister to cut down on static. As for my brothers thoroughness and detail orientation in problem solving, he usually buffs, then waxes all moving parts to make sure nothing hangs up with friction. Barrel is with a friend in Ohio, frame/wood is with a member of this board. At the time of the incident I did measure the exposed areas of the rupture but did not record any red flag measurements. The chunk I have at home here measures .112". From Petes contribution of the schematic of the barrel wall thickness, it seems in line. Randy
