55 grain bullet out of a 1:7 Twist Barrel ?

[Turkeytider]

Frontier ammo has also been responsible for blowing up 50 or more rifles. But Hornady always says it is the guns fault. 1 or 2 rifles maybe but not the amount that was blown up a couple yeas ago.

The Critical Defense ammo was the only ammo I have had that had duds. Tore them apart and the 2 rounds did not have flash holes. How is that for carry ammo? I load my own now, screw them.

Thanks for the heads up concerning Frontier ammo. 50 rifles? That should be all over the internet. That should make some interesting reading! I`m going to start a search but if you can point me to some articles on that, I`d appreciate it.

[Turkeytider]

Frontier ammo has also been responsible for blowing up 50 or more rifles. But Hornady always says it is the guns fault. 1 or 2 rifles maybe but not the amount that was blown up a couple yeas ago.

The Critical Defense ammo was the only ammo I have had that had duds. Tore them apart and the 2 rounds did not have flash holes. How is that for carry ammo? I load my own now, screw them.

I`ve done some looking and indeed have found reports, most from around 2018 to 2020, reporting kabooms. Most were with 5.56, 55 grain ammunition. Still looking, particulary for any issues with .223 OTM ammunition in 55 and 68 grain, for current reports/information as to whether this continues to be a problem.

[tomme boy]

I`ve done some looking and indeed have found reports, most from around 2018 to 2020, reporting kabooms. Most were with 5.56, 55 grain ammunition. Still looking, particulary for any issues with .223 OTM ammunition in 55 and 68 grain, for current reports/information as to whether this continues to be a problem.
lots of guns in 350 legend also being blown up with hornady ammo. notice a common thing here?

[Turkeytider]

lots of guns in 350 legend also being blown up with hornady ammo. notice a common thing here?

Source (s)? Not saying it`s not happening, just haven`t located any information confirming this on a first pass through the world wide web.

[tomme boy]

Reloading 350 Legend pages on FB. CastBoolits, several other forums. You would have to search for each incident as most were showing what happened in other thread titles. I was one of the first to actually load for the Legend Cartridge not the precursor wildcat cartridge. It started with Win using a roll crimp instead of a taper crimp. Lots of popped primers and case head separations. Then Hornady coming out with the 170gr sp ammo and there were several pics of blown up guns and Hornady saying it was the guns fault every time. I wish I could get into my old laptop that had all the info on who it was and how it was dealt with. TIP, back up all of your info. That will not happen again.

[Turkeytider]

Reloading 350 Legend pages on FB. CastBoolits, several other forums. You would have to search for each incident as most were showing what happened in other thread titles. I was one of the first to actually load for the Legend Cartridge not the precursor wildcat cartridge. It started with Win using a roll crimp instead of a taper crimp. Lots of popped primers and case head separations. Then Hornady coming out with the 170gr sp ammo and there were several picthat s of blown up guns and Hornady saying it was the guns fault every time. I wish I could get into my old laptop that had all the info on who it was and how it was dealt with. TIP, back up all of yowasur info. That will not happen again.

Thanks. i`m assuming that the 350 Legend issues you report are concerning loads totally manufactured by Hornady. The Frontier loads that were an issue some years back were not. The only component that was Hornady was the bullet itself, everything else ( brass, primer, powder, to include assembly ) was the responsibility of Lake City.