How do you know if.....................

[Homer]

G'Day Fella's,

........... a rifle has been Proof Tested?

Sauer 101

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Any idea what calibre this rifle is chambered for?

Doh!
Homer

[sandgroperbill]

22lr?

[wrenchman]

looks like some one might be loading hot

[<<Genesis93>>]

0.243??

If it not at the factory, it has now been proofed....

Oh, and its got too many lugs, its not a real rifle

[on_one_wheel]

It's the latest craze in reloading ... work your way up untill the case stamps the bolt face then back off .2 grn.

[Strikey]

Many years ago I seen the same thing happen with an U/O shotgun, you could clearly read Win AA 12 GA on the breech face, probably could have read it if you were blind also as the letters were very raised, as you would expect the shotgun was destroyed, SKB if my memory serves me right, the owner was lucky, two very black eyes to show for his first effort at reloading, for this reason I always implore people who are new to reloading to read everything from the instruction manuals for setting up reloading presses and reputable reloading manuals, there is a lot of pressure being released only inches from your head

[Homer]

G'Day Fella's,

Strikey, good advice there mate!
Not enough people read and fully understand, what it is they are doing and trying to achieve (when reloading)!!!

Doh!
Homer

[trekin]

............ if you did a good photoshop job, well for a start the writing would be a mirror image.

[Homer]

............ if you did a good photoshop job, well for a start the writing would be a mirror image.

G'Day Fella's,

Doh! trekin, you Doubting Thomas!

Here is yet another unaltered image, of the same brand new bolt face!!!

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Doh!
Homer

[trekin]

............ if you did a good photoshop job, well for a start the writing would be a mirror image.

G'Day Fella's,

Doh! trekin, you Doubting Thomas!

Here is yet another unaltered image, of the same brand new bolt face!!!

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Doh!
Homer

My bad, after experimenting with a 308 case and a piece of Plasticine, it turns out that 308 is the mirror image of 308. Who'd have thunk.

[Homer]

G'Day Fella's,

Trekin, nice to see a person admit they weren't entirely correct.
Good to see mate, as it seems to be a failing trait these days!

FYI, I wasn't able to distinguish what the brand was of the Proof Load was, before I handed it over to the new owner.
You can see part of the cartridge brand, around the area of the extractor but I couldn't distinguish what it was???

Regards
Homer

[south]

Noob here guys... So what's happened in the picture exactly? Is it the pressure was so high is pressed the brass stamping into the bolt face?

[Homer]

G'Day Fella's,

Thanks Bentaz and yes South, as Bentaz said!

Regards
Homer

[dhv]

It's a conspiracy to discredit 308 owners JB.

[Homer]

.308 owners have long been discredited

+1!

Doh!
Homer

[Prettybird]

the gun and loads where sent to Winchester for testing and the idiot had loaded them with pistol powder.

At least it just cost him a bolt and not a finger

[Homer]

+1!

Doh!
Homer

[Homer]

G'Day Bentaz,

Lookin forward to seeing it!

Doh!
Homer

[Vati]

the idiot had loaded them with pistol powder.

Probably just to save one trip to the LGS cause he CBF as well.

That'll teach him. (or maybe not )

[sandgroperbill]

He got a new rifle out of it... so let's hope he realised how dangerous it was and that this outweighs in his mind the reward he was given

[Chickenhawk]

Or he just learnt how to get free new rifles