"Sir, what went through your mind the first time you fired your Mark V?"
"The bolt".
I wouldn't expect the first round out of the rifle to do it. The vast majority of reports that I've gotten attest that the Weatherby Mark V handles very hot ammo very well, usually for a very long time (very many rounds).
One report that I got said that the first round that was fired that day, from a new box of ammo, blew the guts out of the bolt into the shooter's face. I would NOT assume from that report that the rifle had never been fired before.
If the reports of failure are indeed creditable, the problem seems to comprise two discrete parts coming together in tragic combination � (a) action flaw and (b) terribly excessive pressures.
"Good enough" isn't.
Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.
