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Prince Humperdink
08-23-2011, 05:51 PM
My 1917 Mystery has been solved.The pressure must have been tremendous!!!!!
After much scrubbing,prying and experimenting,I finally got all of it out.I mostly got copper flakes on the brush,but here is the largest Piece.I believe this was shed off of a 110 gr bullet,and My guess was because it was too light...oh well,live and learn.

The chamber and throat are now free of any foreign material,and I can't see anything,or any other reason it would catch and I surely would have known that there was resistance in a Normal bolt Rifle.Anyhow,here are the pics of the largest chunk of jacket.

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canes7
08-23-2011, 06:07 PM
That'll do it! Good on you for finding out what actually happened.
cuppednlocked
08-23-2011, 07:12 PM
That certainly looks like a "tight spot"!
mixmaster
08-23-2011, 08:36 PM
I thought that was what it might be! Those light bullets do not have much of a jacket and if the load appears to be mild they do not handle the velocity well in a barrel of that length. If it had been some other action it would probably let go sooner. Glad you survived that ordeal. It may not even have been one of your loads. As noted when you were testing you were getting keyholes so the first jacket may have already been there and no way to spot it. Lucky your injuries were as mild as they appear. Shame to loose a rifle but be thankful that the action itself was the 1917 and held.
Mix
LEAD POISON
08-23-2011, 11:55 PM
Check the chamber now.Tap a cartridge in with a steel hammer to see if it fits.
Cal30M1
08-24-2011, 05:23 PM
Uze a lucky cuss Humpi! Glad it didn't mess up that purty face of yours! Just made ya look meaner!

I'd carry those pieces in my wallet as a constant reminder.
M1orNone
08-29-2011, 09:49 PM
Did you find any of the core lodged in the bore, or did it just hang up the jacket, and squirt the core out?
Prince Humperdink
08-29-2011, 10:06 PM
Did you find any of the core lodged in the bore, or did it just hang up the jacket, and squirt the core out?

nope,core(s)shot out and keyholed.
M1orNone
08-29-2011, 10:29 PM
I'm still amazed (and I'm sure you are too) that a 1917 would let go like that. Is there any way you can get it in working order again? I think I have a couple small parts that might help getting it going again.
Prince Humperdink
08-29-2011, 10:55 PM
I'm still amazed (and I'm sure you are too) that a 1917 would let go like that. Is there any way you can get it in working order again? I think I have a couple small parts that might help getting it going again.

everything is back together,but after I bent the floorplate back it is loose.I never could find most of the extractor and the collar off of the bolt,and the safety nub(the part that engages)is sheared.The Rifle now fails a no go gauge(don't know why).What I thought was a crack in the receiver may just be a fine scratch.I would need to investigate thoroughly,and find a bolt that would headspace.
Prince Humperdink
08-29-2011, 10:56 PM
everything is back together,but after I bent the floorplate back it is loose.I never could find most of the extractor and the collar off of the bolt,and the safety nub(the part that engages)is sheared.The Rifle now fails a no go gauge(don't know why).What I thought was a crack in the receiver may just be a fine scratch.I would need to investigate thoroughly,and find a bolt that would headspace.,then I may shoot blanks from it :)