calledflyer wrote on Jun 11
th, 2016 at 2:17pm:
Yes, in fact a couple of them were discussed at length here. I'd tell you how to find 'em, but I can't ever locate stuff in a search.
The conclusions drawn are varied, from bad guns, double charges, barrel obstructions, case separation and whatever else.
But, often, the powder in use is 5744. Coincidence? Perhaps, but it's enough to make me, already a conservative in most ways, stay shy of the stuff. Others will relate good service from that powder- just like the owner of those guns did until...............
I whole heartedly agree with CF. I would hope that the powder manufator would look into this.
As I remember, one of the SS's was a relined, cast Ballard in 45/? but, I think the other was a high wall. The Ballard, you could make a case for failure but, not the HW.
My issue with 03's has always been the unsupported case head and the reason that I haven't felt the need to own one.
I also have Hatcher's book and have read about the failures but, like many others, I felt they would be ok with cast bullet loads. The 28 gr load or 5744 was a lot higher than I would have used in a cast '06 load though.
Frank