Elmer Keith's ka-BOOM
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Even the legendary Elmer Keith started out as a total newbie to shooting and reloading, and blew up a gun with wildly dangerous handloads in 1923. I got my hands on the remnants of the cylinder from that gun, and I think we can learn a couple important things from it...
Thanks to James D. Julia for giving me the chance to have a look at this cool artifact!
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