Help me gunboard gurus. I took me old SMLE to the range yesterday. I have recently acquired a lot of surplus ammo, head stamp RG 53 7 If I've done my homework thats manufactured at the Radgreen factory in 1953 and is standard Mk 7 ammo. I haven't shot this gun much and not at all in at least 7 years.
The Problem: when I was picking up after shooting (maybe 100 or so rounds) I noticed that some of the brass had small splits at the neck area and looked as if gas had escaped, burning a small "V" at the ends of the fissure.
Is this indicative of a head space problem or could it be chamber related? Could it possibly be ammo related? I dug up the Remington Factory Ammo from the last time that I shot and it doesn't show any signs of the problem.
Please help I kinda like this old gun.
Wheeler44
The Problem: when I was picking up after shooting (maybe 100 or so rounds) I noticed that some of the brass had small splits at the neck area and looked as if gas had escaped, burning a small "V" at the ends of the fissure.
Is this indicative of a head space problem or could it be chamber related? Could it possibly be ammo related? I dug up the Remington Factory Ammo from the last time that I shot and it doesn't show any signs of the problem.
Please help I kinda like this old gun.
Wheeler44