I have overloaded a lot of guns to see what happens, and for failed case heads, the break action Handi rifle and the falling block Ruger #1 are head and shoulders above my bolt actions; M70, Rem700, Sav 110, 98 Mauser. The single shots are better in strength and in gas escapement. The rolling block, not so much.


There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps