That matters little to me, because I expect that "rifle-grade-steel" hold up. Most likely the culprit was the primer being defective. The handload was a simple 60 grains of H4831, a Federal 210 benchrest primer, Federal premium brass form-fired, timed, and a Nosler Ballistic Tip 130 grain projectile. I have blown primers before in other brands of firearms, and I never have witnessed the bolt face getting deformed like that. They put the purchase price toward a Mark V Deluxe. The escaping gasses burned a deep pit in the bolt-face around the primer. Then, one day just before deer season, a primer gave way. The laminated stock cracked in the opening that receives the bolt handle. It was one of the most accurate rifles I have ever owned.
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