It sounds like you should take the rifle to a gunsmith and have your chamber checked out. If the cases are stretching you will not have a ridge on the outside of the case it will be just a shiny ring around the case, about 1/4 inch up from the head. You will feel a slight raised area but not a...
From my 40+ years experince of reloading, it looks like a powder problem, a under load can and will cause that problem and a over load will do the same thing. Check out your scale and see it they are working properly. A electronic scale can be thrown of by a few factors also, draft...
I don't think that there is any way. As in, the militery brass you have two small flash holes in the case. If you were to drill a regular flash hole in the military case it would be oversized, as there would now be three flash holes in the primer pocket. This would lead to having a flash back...
Decapping live primers
You can decap live primers, but you have to be very careful. I made a special decapper years ago that I used.Had to make up a decapping pin that fit into the case, wiggle it around until I foung the primer hole and them lightly tap the pin with a block of wood.
Any 4140 material has to be post heated to a temp of 600 degree F before you even start to weld, whether it is done by oxy. and acet. or arc welding, tig or mig welding. After it is all said and done you then have to hold a post heat of 600 degrees from 1 - 3 hours, then cool as slow as...
.308 extractor
Hello Chris;
I live in the south east corner of B.C. a small town called Elkford, right in the middle of the Rockies. It has been two years since I have been able to use this rifle, but I do have a Browning lever action that I use now.I, more or less accept the fact, that the...
I have had very good luck using IMR 4350- at 53.5 grains. About a 3/4 inch group at 100 yards and 3-4 inches at 300 yards. Chrony said just a tad over 3100 fps.
Model 100 winchester 308
JohnBT:
I thank you sir, I will look into the web site that you provided.
I do hace a problem with being able to ship the rifle down that way as I live up in Canada. I will try and see if I can get the parts and have them installed up here.
The gunsmith that...
I would like to ask if any body out here could tell me why I can not keep a extractor in the bolt? I have had a gunsmith put in 4 new extractors. They have only lasted one or two shots, and then I am back to square one. Right at the moment the rifle is a wall hanger! The parts for this rifle...
Hi, I am 56 years old and have been shooting for fourty years and hand loading for 35 years, I live in B.C . Canada In the south east corner, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.
OAL
Your OAL depends on which type of bullet you are using, IE: round nose , spire point. Its trhe ogive which tells you the OAL. Plus the cartridge must fit and feed from your magazine.
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