Wow! Overpressure Russian Ammo!

Herb · 08-10-2002, 04:00 PM

Unspellable, I really have no Idea what happened. A friend was shooting it and on the third shot the front piece of the bolt flew into the air with the spent casing which I have not found. I am not a metallurgist but my guess was crystallization of the steel as it appears to have neen 'sandblasted' on the broken edges. If there was a pre-existing crack it was not visible at the time. The bolt appeard to be in perfect shape. During my search for another bolt one guy at a gun shop that sells quite a few C96's said that the russian ammo is made for russian sub-machine guns and is much too hot for anything else. He sure got my attention.

08-10-2002, 04:00 PM	#5
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Unspellable, I really have no Idea what happened. A friend was shooting it and on the third shot the front piece of the bolt flew into the air with the spent casing which I have not found. I am not a metallurgist but my guess was crystallization of the steel as it appears to have neen 'sandblasted' on the broken edges. If there was a pre-existing crack it was not visible at the time. The bolt appeard to be in perfect shape. During my search for another bolt one guy at a gun shop that sells quite a few C96's said that the russian ammo is made for russian sub-machine guns and is much too hot for anything else. He sure got my attention. __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull