I have seen some threads about experimenting with intentionally causing catastrophic failures to happen; sort of like the 'Mythbusters' approach of "now that we've busted the myth, we're going to see what it takes to actually make it happen". They can be entertaining and enlightening. Those images I posted were all of SAKO and TIKKA rifles, which in fact were at least partially recalled after a series of catastrophic failures, some involving injuries:
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/1101978285825By the way, almost every account I read involved factory ammunition.
Yes, I was trying to make a point, to emphasize what can happen when a rifle with a high-tech (cost saving) investment cast receiver fails catastrophically. I can't stand this concept that the receiver can be made of lesser materials or processes because 'all the pressure occurs in the chamber of the barrel'... I'm sorry, but if the barrel fails for whatever reason, all the way back to the threads, I want a receiver built with a better chance of containing it, rather than contributing to the shrapnel.
By the way, I was once the proud owner of an old SAKO L61 Finnbear, back when they were built like Bofors cannons. I would have no qualms against shooting one of those anytime. But I don't like the way they build their 'new and improved' rifles.
