This happened at the FOD match yesterday, I shot two rounds, wasn’t able to close my bolt, jacked the live round out, and finished the stage to find this… was this just old brass or perhaps another issue?
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Time to ditch all my brass?
- Thread starter Fritzfritz
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How in the hell would we know, you haven’t told us anything.
Right on… problem is I don’t know what to tell you. No pressure signs, but literally all my brass is at least 20 years old, and may have about 10 reloads on them. I sold my last 308 19 years ago, and just started shooting again. The load was 43.1gn of 2520, with a federal primer, brass is Remington. Pushing a 168 Sierra match bullet.
If your brass is 20 years old with 10 reloads on it then maybe you should anneal it to make the necks softer so they don’t split.
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My guess is brittle brass. Fired round neck sticks in chamber and comes apart upon extraction. Next round jams in neck and you extract it like a broken shell extractor.
Anneal your brass as previously mentioned and keep on going.
Anneal your brass as previously mentioned and keep on going.
anneal and steel wool cleaning at least it could look like new again . shame that happened to you at a match . good thing that only one did that to you the others could last another few reloads . If you listen to your brass they are telling you they still have life left in them they want to fight one more round cause Micky loves them and they did not hear any bell lol.
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I have seen this happen before annealing was wide spread, metal fatigue. I have just thrown away 50 cartridges that displayed a swollen base and wouldn't slide easily into my new match chamber. If you have new why risk a problem at a match"
This.
Id go a step father and say screw that brass, get some new brass and dont mess with the past.
The most likely failure mode is stress corrosion ctracking, based on the age and location of the failure. Trash this brass. Even if annealed the brass is damaged.
