.303 British case head separation and removal of stuck case
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- .303 British case head separation; a brief description and explanation of possible causes. 4 Easy methods of removing the stuck piece of the separated cartridge case from the chamber of the rifle. Suggestions on preventative measures are discussed.
5 years late but you saved the day. Case head separation in my .303 SMLE. Going to take to a gunsmith but checked RUclips first. .45 cal bore brush worked awesome. Thank you.
Good video Hein, and good tips.
Dankie vir jou video, dit was baie behulpsaam gewees.
Thank you. I had this happen today at the range on shot number 6, first time shooting my rifle and I bet the brass I got was reloaded quite a few times. I noticed the HXP 71 headstamp looks perfect and the Winchester headstamp, 3 of them, have distinct lines showing where it will break. I used your file technique with a 3 sided file and worked perfect. I just tapped it in lightly and used needle nose pliers and it came right out. I was careful not to go at any angle since steel on steel is very bad. If someone makes a wire, don't use steel. I was also thinking if one had some springy bent metal just push it in till it goes over the case mouth, then get a wooden dowel and tap from the other end. Just a thought.
Hi MrGeoffois,
Thanks for sharing some additional great ideas for removing separated brass. I will try those as well.
Those are some good tricks.
I used a 3/8's thread tap & threaded it into the stuck case untill it started to grab then tapped it out from the front.
Worked like a charm, only load light pressure loads now & cases last forever;)
Cheers
I have 3 Enfield's and suffer head separations because I reloaded 1 time too much. ... luckily I have the extraction tool.
Great video! Learning took place!!
Thank you....
Dankie hein. Jy het al my vrae beantwoord
Great man. Dankie Johan
Awesome trick!! Thank you!
How many reloads or firings do you get most of the time?
Not many on a .303 British. I think I only got about 5 times of resizing it before I had case head separation.
You are missing the most important information on why you NEVER lubricate cases, having lube on your bullet and or barrel is the least of your problems.
Case when fired are designed to grip the chamber walls to prevent them from moving back onto the bolt face.
By having lube on the case, the case will no longer grip the walls of the chamber and be forced against the bolt face GREATLY increasing the pressure against the bolt and bolt lugs. What you are effectively doing by having lube on cases is to fire Proof Loads in your rifle, it is a method used by arsenals to proof test rifles. Rifles were not designed to repeatedly fire Proof Loads and rifles when proof tested are NEW not 100 years old.
Firing lubed cases is a very dangerous thing to do - don't do it!
Anyone doing so or thinking about doing so shows a lack of understanding on how firearms work and should educate themselves instead of doing silly experiments. This information is not hard to find, it is described in every reloading manual right at the beginning!
Thanks Allan, very valid point you are making. I agree that the practice of firing lubed cases is extremely dangerous and should never be attempted.