Originally Posted by eeb
I can absolutely believe a barrel with walls .012 thick could burst, and it probably wasn’t from a bad reload or obstruction. Remember, an aluminum soft drink can is .005” thick. I’d like to know what the factory bore diameter Is and what it is now with the overboring. I bet we’d be shocked at how much metal was removed from those bores

Even if you know those two numbers, you do'ng know that it was concentric without actually measuring the thickness directly. Who is to say that the overbore was concentric at all points along the way?

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BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)

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