I guess it would be safe to say that catastropic failures of Enfield receivers are just about non existant. Nothing that resembles something like this.........



Another receiver that usually stays intact is the Garand type. That is if it is constructed with the correct steel and is properly heat treated. I don't think that the pictured receiver was. This one looks as if it shattered like a brittle, low number 1903 Springfield receiver.

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