.45 blow up!

**rayg** · 10-07-2009 07:07 AM

The bolt on the early MkIII Ross could be assembled wrong and inserted in the action resulting in the bolt not fully locking in the action I believe. I'm going by what I have read as I have a MkII Ross not a MkIII. There was no bolt problem with the MkII. The bolt on later MkIII models was fitted with a pin to prevent wrong assembly. Ray

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**Dave Waits** · 10-19-2009 08:57 PM

Saw a chamber that looked exactly like that years ago at Perry. Double charge of ww231. My money says either accidental double-charge or somebody trying to hotrod a load.

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