Why my M1 Garand Blew up

Описание: Thank you all for your concerned comments. As promised, here's the explanation of what caused the walnut stocked (.308 Win) M1 Tanker Garand to separate violently in my hands.

Have to reiterate that, as shown in the video opening scene, this rifle is chambered for .308 WIN, not 30.06 as some of our fellow riflemen here have asserted.

The only reason that I ran two boxes of Cabella's house-brand of Herter's low quality surplus ammunition was because when I bought the rifle it was non-functional and the floor salesman tried blaming the problem on my ammunition. They took the rifle back, had it repaired, and during the subsequent proof firing I wanted to make sure I had some of their own off-the-shelf ammo along for argument sake in case the rifle still did not function.

I shoot handloads exclusively and have been doing so successfully since 1987. And yes, if I'd inspected the blown primers on the steel cases in the grass I'd have noticed the problem in time to save the rifle. The only cases I inspected were those of my handloads which functioned perfectly for about 70 rounds of initial test firing and zeroing. I was just shooting off the two boxes of Cabella's ammo to get rid of it at the very end of my shooting session. The incident occurred with just a few rounds left in the second box. If this disaster hadn't happened I would still be enjoying this fine rifle. Instead, I returned the damaged piece for a full refund and now use a standard .30-06 Garand with IMR-4895 handloads.


Original video from the day it happened:
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