Recent content by SC_Ed

It was probably grunge in the chamber. This is also the time of year when shooters carry their firearms to the range in a air conditioned car or truck. When taken out of the vehicle the gun is a moisture magnet causing bad things to happen.

Its primarily the old Berdan primed surplus ammo.

Or soak the trailing end of an old Bore Snake in Windex and pull it thru the bore while it's still hot a couple of times. Cleans the bore and chamber well enough till you can do a thorough cleaning.

I use magnum primers with all ball powder in 223. W748 should make some good loads.

You may want to look at putting a Golden Rod De-humidifier in it. Only 7 watts and works well. I also use a Silica Gel.

Long-Long Ago and in a land Far-Far Away....I had a habit of reaching through the carry handle of my M16 to hit the bolt release. Once, in a very big hurry to reload I somehow had my pinky finger in the chamber when the bolt slammed shut, Not recommended! LOL

I tried a brass catcher recently and was not impressed. Caused jam's, cases hung up in the web/netting material and actually melted some of the nylon material of the bag. POS from Aim Surplus.....Ed

Imperial Wax for handcrafted ammo. Hornady One Shot for reloading everything else.

http://www.ktog.org Has a couple of comments with pic's on their BBS. HTH