09-24-2022, 05:38 PM
LRRPF52 Wrote:Im not a fan of the mislabel expert. The moment someone stops learning and proclaims expert status, the more I am suspicious of their statements.
General shooters have been shooting Lapua brass since the introduction of 6.5 Grendel, because thats the only brass that existed at the time.
We cant and shouldnt rule out the likelihood of chambers that are not cut correctly, especially in the post-2020 era of mass retirement of competent engineers, the cultural acceptance of laziness and excuse tolerance, compacted with supply chain issues.
Sourcing reamers has been very difficult across the industry in many cartridges, which promotes allowances in drops in Toal Quality Management.
There are also many companies who make assumptions about how to cut a chamber and the feeding cone, without having conducted fleet rifle pyramid testing.
They know they can throw barrels out the door due to demand.
There simply isnt enough pressure being generated to cause this type of failure in a SAAMI spec chamber with proper cartridge support, assuming the cartridge was in battery.
Since Lapua brass is very prominent in the market, it is very presumptive to look there as the failure node.
In every one of the instances youre referencing over the past year, what barrels were involved? What type of feed cone did they have?
We are saying close to the same thing. It's a tolerance stacking issue with improper barrels. A tolerance stacking issue that shows up with Lapua's thinner web brass design, and nobody else'. 3 kabooms in 12 months- only Lapua. What does it take to realize something is wrong? There is an aggressive defense of Lapua that appears to compromise balanced assessment on this one.
As to expert - I study everything you say, as one of considerable experience and knowledge so that I can achieve best results from your experience.