Agree Wykose- this fellow was new to the rifle and to rifle shooting: Had on gloves-then finally removed the one on his trigger finger hand- was uncomfortable working the bolt-had a carry sling, but did not have a loop for a three point lock in the standing position-scope was mounted too high-as seen by his raised cheek on the stock comb-also poor "eye relief"-my guess as to what caused the barrel to rupture ahead of the receiver? It might have been a cleaning patch left in the bore, hard to say!!RWTF

Last edited by Run With The Fox; 11/09/08 09:36 PM.

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