Thread: What could be happening?

Originally Posted by Gibo

Shit thats a mess mate

Yeh I have just sent an email with the picture to the importer. The rifle has had 160 rounds of Federal factory ammo through it and 140 reloads that are only doing 2670 fps (so not über hot). I am gutted but at least thanks to Spudattack I am on to the problem.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Yeh I have just sent an email with the picture to the importer. The rifle has had 160 rounds of Federal factory ammo through it and 140 reloads that are only doing 2670 fps (so not über hot). I am gutted but at least thanks to Spudattack I am on to the problem.

Some nasty looking gouges in the rim too. Rough bugger, you been throwing it at the gongs??

Originally Posted by Gibo

Some nasty looking gouges in the rim too. Rough bugger, you been throwing it at the gongs??

Yeh I noticed those. It is a fucking worry because if you had of asked me last week I would have told you that the rifle was a pearler. I am looking forward to the feedback of the uber techo's on here as I wouldn't expect to see that sort of damage on a 303 that had been used extensively trough WW1 & WW2 and been an in use cullers rifle since then.

Originally Posted by Rushy

... 140 reloads that are only doing 2670 fps (so not über hot).

What size pills are they, doing 2670? Not uber hot loads but maybe hot? What primers are you using? Do they seat nice and firm in the pocket? That's looking like primer flash erosion. Do your fired cases have a black ring around the primer?

I think those gouges at 4 and 7 o'clock are unrelated. Maybe more to do with a feeding issue from the mag.