onesearch Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 Looking at the burst Webley revolvers. In addition to some causes, like multiple charge, missing charge with primer only, blocked barrel...... if I recall some bursts were linked to handloads with heavy solid based bullets fired from revolvers with tight chamber mouths which caused excessive pressures and some of them could not withstand the pressure. Additionally it was speculated that small quantities of fast powders could give higher than expected pressures under some circumstances, especially where they occupied low case volume. Just a couple of possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikB Posted 14 March , 2020 Share Posted 14 March , 2020 9 minutes ago, onesearch said: Looking at the burst Webley revolvers. In addition to some causes, like multiple charge, missing charge with primer only, blocked barrel...... if I recall some bursts were linked to handloads with heavy solid based bullets fired from revolvers with tight chamber mouths which caused excessive pressures and some of them could not withstand the pressure. Additionally it was speculated that small quantities of fast powders could give higher than expected pressures under some circumstances, especially where they occupied low case volume. Just a couple of possibilities. Yep, all of those ways would work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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