I'm not sure where to start again but I would like to return to the failed case. In the early literature it clearly stated that the new 1903 Springfield rifle must withstand a ruptured case in order for it to be adapted. I've just touched on what I believe the problem is and I would like to discuss this more before I move on. I see some people do believe that if the the cartridge fails so goes the action. Lets look at this another way, how much pressure does it take for a brass case to fail, a modern brass case?
Take a LN receiver and turn threads on a solid steel bar, mount and chamber the barrel then fire a cartridge in it. Now write up what happened to the rifle, the weakest link in ANY rifle is the brass cartridge. On this rifle the pressure would exceed the pressure of a normal 06 cartridge the case would rupture and the action would shatter. Would you write this one up as a failed cartridge, the cartridge did fail?
