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If the broken strings were the ones that were on the guitar when it was purchased, this might be a simple case of fatigue.
Guitarists with acid sweat issues can kill strings in a matter of days.
Sometime the saddle might look fine but it can have enough of a issue to cause the breakage - However, normally I'd expect to see it on or two strings max - not 5 of them, so part of me is guessing it isn't not a contact point between string and hardware
You can clean the saddle contact point - very fine wet'n'dry with only a couple of rubs required - or a small needle file or even a thin wound string rubbed 2/3 times - just trying to clean contact points - Never know if this works or not until the next time it breaks or hopefully doesn't
What gauge do you use and are you a heavy player - no issue if you are but might help in find out what is wrong
I'll look at my next snapped string a bit closer as binned all the others
The holes are formed by a stamping press with a tool and die, so that normally creates a burr. If the plate isn't deburred before electroplating then the burr is often rendered into a hard plated knife edge.
It's strange that it's not just an issue with one string, or strings that share a common saddle. That might suggest it's not the saddles. I just checked my Tele and the holes in the bridge plate have a chamfer and are aligned with the holes in the guitar body. Is there any evidence of an issue in that area?
I've just removed it to have a look at the underside and as suggested the stamping process has left a few ragged edges. These are evident on the string and the mounting holes. I'm not sure whether these sharps are contacting the string or not but I've removed them and added a very slight chamfer.
New strings on.
Fingers crossed!