Nature Boy
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I’m having an issue that may be rifle related or my reloading process.
My Mausingfield is having difficulty extracting the brass at the top of the bolt throw. It takes a a good bit of effort to break the spent case loose from the chamber.
I thought a change in powder lots may have pushed me into excess pressure but I just got back from the range shooting some reduced loads and it’s still doing it.
Dirty chamber? I’ve made sure it’s clean as a whistle and verify it with my bore scope.
Maybe something wrong with the extractor? It’s
a Mauser-type claw extractor.
I’m FL sizing my brass. I’m bumping the shoulder back .002-.003
I’m going to take some more measurements of sized and fired brass to see if something jumps out.
This is a recent issue that started with ~30% of cases hard to extract but today it was 100%
Really strange. It’s not sticking on the bolt lift, it’s at the top of the stroke
I’m going to check sized brass with a case gage and see how they chamber.
Any ideas?
My Mausingfield is having difficulty extracting the brass at the top of the bolt throw. It takes a a good bit of effort to break the spent case loose from the chamber.
I thought a change in powder lots may have pushed me into excess pressure but I just got back from the range shooting some reduced loads and it’s still doing it.
Dirty chamber? I’ve made sure it’s clean as a whistle and verify it with my bore scope.
Maybe something wrong with the extractor? It’s
a Mauser-type claw extractor.
I’m FL sizing my brass. I’m bumping the shoulder back .002-.003
I’m going to take some more measurements of sized and fired brass to see if something jumps out.
This is a recent issue that started with ~30% of cases hard to extract but today it was 100%
Really strange. It’s not sticking on the bolt lift, it’s at the top of the stroke
I’m going to check sized brass with a case gage and see how they chamber.
Any ideas?