Sweet 16 blows up using Boss ammo

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I’ve been seeing this clip on the book of face of a guys blown up sweet 16. Any info about Boss blowing up guns or the new gen Sweet 16 exploding. I don’t use either.
 
Guns dont just blow up. Probably user error or mistake that led to a barrel obstruction or something. 99.99999999 percent sure it wasnt the gun or the ammo. Have a link to facebook page? I would like to see the gun.
 
2point said:
Guns dont just blow up. Probably user error or mistake that led to a barrel obstruction or something. 99.99999999 percent sure it wasnt the gun or the ammo. Have a link to facebook page? I would like to see the gun.
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I dug around the intrawebs couldn’t find much about other examples. Some reported boss ammo having issues getting wet. I’ve seem obstructed barrels blow up but this dismantled the receiver and internals.
 
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Do hunt a lot of WPA’s? Great job on 3 roosters
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Thanks. This was after 2 days of being skunked last week and some gun/shooting issues that I might be overcoming. (don't want to jinx myself toooo much)

This was in SC Minnesota. I got them on 2 different WMAs, in cattails. I will be hitting a WPA today in SW MN.

It all depends on what is available in the area I am going, and whether there are cattails and whether there are birds and whether there is something about the properties that makes them, or parts of them, less likely to be hunted by others.

Some of the WPAs can be tough, if it is a massive sea of cattails. Smaller sloughs or sloughs with shallower fringes around the outside of the body of water are easier for me.

3-4" of fresh snow (still snowing).
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Theres been several reports of it on FB, boss always says its the gun fault. That stuff is too hot, way too hot.. it pings my Beretta, slams the bolt back so hard it makes a ringing sound (never had another shell do that).. and kicks hulls about 5 full feet farther than anything else. Not to mention hulls splitting wide open. Again if you contact boss with these issues they say its the gun.
 

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KEOutdoors said:
Theres been several reports of it on FB, boss always says its the gun fault. That stuff is too hot, way too hot.. it pings my Beretta, slams the bolt back so hard it makes a ringing sound (never had another shell do that).. and kicks hulls about 5 full feet farther than anything else. Not to mention hulls splitting wide open. Again if you contact boss with these issues they say its the gun.
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Are you still using it or did you change brands? I thought about trying some in 28 gauge but probably going to take a pass on it.
 
KEOutdoors said:
Theres been several reports of it on FB, boss always says its the gun fault. That stuff is too hot, way too hot.. it pings my Beretta, slams the bolt back so hard it makes a ringing sound (never had another shell do that).. and kicks hulls about 5 full feet farther than anything else. Not to mention hulls splitting wide open. Again if you contact boss with these issues they say its the gun.
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I wonder if people have tested stated velocities through a chrono? I've only a few shells left of 12ga. 2 3/4 and haven't seen the hulls split although I got a few squib loads(3), albeit in snowy conditions, I think snow melted and powder got wet. I ordered a case of Kent #4 in 12 and have had excellent results with it in both dry and damp conditions. Thanks again BrownDogsCan2!
 
Bob Peters said:
I wonder if people have tested stated velocities through a chrono? I've only a few shells left of 12ga. 2 3/4 and haven't seen the hulls split although I got a few squib loads(3), albeit in snowy conditions, I think snow melted and powder got wet. I ordered a case of Kent #4 in 12 and have had excellent results with it in both dry and damp conditions. Thanks again BrownDogsCan2!
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That’s a good question, there a husband wife team at my retriever club that have been using them for a long time without issue, they shoot 725’s though, they like it, Ive got numerous boxes of hevi-shot hevi pheasant, they used to troll this site pretty hard. Its ok but I just don’t shoot steel for pheasants very often.
 
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Are you still using it or did you change brands? I thought about trying some in 28 gauge but probably going to take a pass on it.
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I shoot their 12, 16, and 28 varieties without issue. I love their ammo!
 
Bob Peters said:
I wonder if people have tested stated velocities through a chrono? I've only a few shells left of 12ga. 2 3/4 and haven't seen the hulls split although I got a few squib loads(3), albeit in snowy conditions, I think snow melted and powder got wet. I ordered a case of Kent #4 in 12 and have had excellent results with it in both dry and damp conditions. Thanks again BrownDogsCan2!
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I have. The 20ga ranged almost 200fps, from 1300 to mid 1400s. This was in the summer, so probably around 80F. Thats how I know it launches the hulls so far.
 
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Are you still using it or did you change brands? I thought about trying some in 28 gauge but probably going to take a pass on it.
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I was using shells a buddy gave me to try, we patterned, chronod, then i shot up the rest of the 2 boxes for waterfowl. I would not spend my personal money on them. I shoot my own reloads now.
 
Boss ammo is loaded hot, starting with the primer. It needs to be hot to achieve the velocities they want when loading bismuth. Here's what happens when a run of primed hulls intended to be shipped to Boss, gets sent to a different manufacturer and loaded with steel.
 

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