Thread: Brass damage ?? Help

Unfortunately the damage to your bolt face, now that the cause is known, and you have ceased using that cause and it won't get worse, is more a cosmetic issue. Still a mighty piss off though. Would gall me considerably and I would want some recognition of my anguish from the ammo supplier.

I have seen heaps of bolt faces like that and worse. Mostly rifles owned by NRA shooters who, in most cases seemed unaware or unconcerned and I would want some recognition of my anguish from the ammo retailer.

In recent years there have also been the issues with Winchester LR primers leaking badly. Some members of this forum were "victims" of those primers.

Real bad cases end up with debris going down the firing pin hole and repairs required to the bolt face and firing pin hole.

Yours shouldn't have got to that stage.

I am not trying to marginalise the issue in your case.

Run it past your gun smith when you visit him.

Originally Posted by zimmer

Unfortunately the damage to your bolt face, now that the cause is known, and you have ceased using that cause and it won't get worse, is more a cosmetic issue. Still a mighty piss off though. Would gall me considerably.

I have seen heaps of bolt faces like that and worse. Mostly rifles owned by NRA shooters who, in most cases seemed unaware or unconcerned.

In recent years there have also been the issues with Winchester LR primers leaking badly.

Real bad cases end up with debris going down the firing pin hole. Yours shouldn't have got to that stage.

Run it past your gun smith when you visit him.

Yea that's what I plan on doing I'll see how it goes


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