New Member: Rolling block No.1 - Case separation

[tjack]

I'm possibly in over my head here but the problem MAY lie in the relationship between the back end of the barrel and the face of the breech block. Could it be that whoever worked the reline did not square up the two mating surfaces? The Egyptian rifle may have been fairly worn out and possibly the barrel should have been set back slightly to account for this? If I were you I'd contact a competent gunsmith in your area and get a professional opinion. This is happening too close to really important parts of your body to experiment in guesswork.
Have fun but be safe!!!!

[Wulfman]

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I suppose I should point out that the brass was R-P and has been full resized and reloaded about 3 times max.

Other than handgun ammo, I'm not a reloader of straight-cased rifle ammo. But, I'm wondering if this might be one issue. Have you tried partial sizing or just the "neck" area? If the brass was somewhat undersized to begin with and then the full-length resizing is "working" the brass too much, it may lead to some of the separations. I've experienced some of that with some bottle-neck or tapered cases. Once they get fire-formed to the chamber and if they're not full-length resized, they don't separate nearly as much.

One other thing is that maybe the previous owner discovered the same problem and this was one of the reasons for selling the gun.

Den

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