The quality of steel in war production no4s

[villiers]

I thought (hoped) that this discussion was history.

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[jmoore]

I thought (hoped) that this discussion was history.

Regarding history, about the worst failure to date shared on this forum was relayed by Claven2 in the thread:

Gallery of Dramas. Broken Enfield Parts!

See Posts #65, 71, 85, 88 et. al for photos and commentary. The bolt was ruined, but apparently some time later the owner had it shooting again. (See later in the thread.) If the action isn't rendered unservicable by such an over pressure event, then I reckon there's nothing much to fret over. Unless you like filling .303 cases with Bullseye powder under a 0.320" steel bullet!