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DeanoBeanCounter
09-17-2007, 04:24 AM
:( I've got this old model 83 Marlin in 30-30. It had too much head space so when I fired rounds the brass stretched out way too much. It is fixed now. But now this brass will not chamber right and when I reload I have to apply way to much pressure to size it. So now I have a lot of brass in the scrap bucket. I've shot brass from another source and it works just fine. Is there any hope for this stretched brass or is it just scrap now? :-?
Deano
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kg42
09-17-2007, 05:31 PM
Have you checked the length of that brass?
Do you have to apply excessive pressure every time you reload it?
Can you see what is wrong when you chamber it (try to blacken cases with a marker and just load and unload a couple in a clean chamber)?
How many is a lot in your corner of the woods :mrgreen:?

I suspect nasty marks around the case mouth...

kg

versifier
09-18-2007, 03:05 AM
Like they used to say in the kitchen, "When in doubt, throw it out." If it stretched out a lot, it was likely weakened, and it would be difficult to tell exactly where. .30-30 brass is easily had, so why take an unnecessary chance? Head separations are no fun.

testhop
09-18-2007, 01:30 PM
DEANO IHELPOUT at my gun clubs hunters sight in the club has it oncea year just before hunting season we charge per gun to just sight in unless things are slow thenwe let them pricticesmoe we ask them are you a reloader if thay say no and are not going to keep the brass you just put in YOUR the sight inseason runs for 5 weekends so you can see you caneasley fill a 5 gal bucklet or more . a lot of sharing gos on i have so much brass i have almost stop bring it home and 30-30 and 06 is most common also when i go to the range outher times thay are lots laying around just to be picked up mostly 223 308 06 12 gage

P.S YOU MIGHT LOOK AT YOUR RANGE OR SHOOTING SPOT


testhop :coffee:

testhop
09-18-2007, 01:39 PM
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