This is obviously a head space problem.
The solution I would have is to buy brand new brass and only trim them to length. Find a box of throw away bullets and load them very light. Shoot them at a burm or something and then going forward only neck size this brass about 2/3 down. You will have "fire formed" brass for this specific gun. Only use this brass in that gun.
This should fix your problem.
If you still have head space problems, then take it to a gun smith and have them see if the problem is fixable. Would probably require a new barrell, or posibly a custom bolt to fix.
6/5/2004 1:03:36 PM
I think it's absolutely amazing that a person can be so expert as to declare something like "This is obviously a headspace problem" without ever examining the gun, putting a gauge in the chamber, or even seeing one of the suspect cases. Yet the idea that, if it
IS a headspace problem, a new barrel or worse, a "custom bolt" (Give me a break! For a post-64 M70 Win.? Even if you could find such a critter, that'd cost more than the rifle!!) is the solution! If it
IS excessive headspace, the solution is easy: Just set the barrel back one thread and recut the chamber!!
