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Tikka Blown primer. Options and questions
Good Day
Spent the afternoon at the range.The gun is a tikka heavy varmint in .260 REM.Load is Hornady 140g BTHP in front of 46.5g H-4831SC.Primers are new WLR. In the process I lost a primer on the 7th neck sized loading of my Lapua brass.The blown primer has done some damage to the bolt face.This is the opinion part.Have a look at the pics and see what you think.Replace bolt body or continue to use?Question part.Are CCI primers thicker or harder and not as likely to fail in the same way?This load will be dropped down to 46.0g in the future with new Lapua brass.Also will another bolt from a 308 based family drop right into this rifle or will there be headspace issues?
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