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Southla1 · April 8, 2002, 10:11 AM

From actual reloading I have never even came near a KB or damage.........................however..............

one time I was trying to "improve" some 22LR loads and was going to try some bullseye powder in place of the factory powder................a word of caution..............DON'T ! I fired it in my Win 69 and it blew the magazine out plus bent the plate on the bottom of the stock that is around the hole the magazine goes into. It also blew the extractor pin and spring out (I caught hell finding them on my shop floor) and melted the back of the cartridge. No permenant damage but it was a good lesson....................don't screw with some thing that is working!

April 8, 2002, 10:11 AM	#22
Southla1 Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 19, 2000 Location: Jeanerette, La. Near the Posts: 1,999	From actual reloading I have never even came near a KB or damage.........................however.............. one time I was trying to "improve" some 22LR loads and was going to try some bullseye powder in place of the factory powder................a word of caution..............DON'T ! I fired it in my Win 69 and it blew the magazine out plus bent the plate on the bottom of the stock that is around the hole the magazine goes into. It also blew the extractor pin and spring out (I caught hell finding them on my shop floor) and melted the back of the cartridge. No permenant damage but it was a good lesson....................don't screw with some thing that is working!