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- Fri Apr 09, 2021 2:48 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Problem with chambering new brass
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Re: Problem with chambering new brass
Thank you guys for all the help, I will soak it and brush it out and let you know how it goes, I have some cerrosafe on order so I'll do a chamber casting if nothing else and go from there. Here are some pictures of the rifle, it is a cool configuration although not original, it was my first step in...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:21 am
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Problem with chambering new brass
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Re: Problem with chambering new brass
Alright so from reciever to the center of the first sight hole is 3.315 on my calipers so that should be about right, also I have the pictures of the p marking and the alignment line. Also it has what I believe to be an 1896 sight which as far as I know would be incorrect for an 1898 with serial num...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:45 am
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Problem with chambering new brass
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Re: Problem with chambering new brass
these are some pictures of the chamber
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:53 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Problem with chambering new brass
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Re: Problem with chambering new brass
I will take a picture as soon as I get home, on a 12 hour plus day so it may be late this evening, I appreciate all the help so far and hopefully a picture of the chamber will give more insight
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:31 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Problem with chambering new brass
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Re: Problem with chambering new brass
Yes that ring on the brass is new after tightly closing the bolt, although I have no bore scope I looked at the chamber with a light as well as I could and then used a bamboo skewer to feel the shoulder area of the chamber, it doesn't get stuck on anything and feels like a smooth transition from cha...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:23 pm
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Problem with chambering new brass
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Re: Problem with chambering new brass
20210407_080627.jpg 20210407_081552.jpg 20210407_081532.jpg 20210407_081658.jpg Alright so one is the factory brass before being put into the chamber, there is also the only mark on the barrel, it appears to be a P but it is not inline with the barrel and the receiver . Below is some scratches on t...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:44 am
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Problem with chambering new brass
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Re: Problem with chambering new brass
I have cleaned it well using a bronze brush on the chamber area with no change,
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:42 am
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Problem with chambering new brass
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Re: Problem with chambering new brass
it is the ring right around the shoulder
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:55 am
- Forum: Ammunition, reloading, shooting, etc
- Topic: Problem with chambering new brass
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Problem with chambering new brass
So first post on a forum of any kind, so forgive me if this is in the incorrect place. Backstory is I have always been interested in Krag rifles but I was uneducated on configuration or authenticity. I have always been into guns but this was my first step into the milsurp world, I found a 1898 Krag ...