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Posted: 12/1/2007 7:36:04 PM EDT
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I was at the range today and a guy I had just been intoduced to had a nice 1903. When he loaded a 30.06 round in it the shoulder of the round colapsed. He had to almost force the bolt to lock up. He said the guy that had sold it to him said the original owner had it chambered that was for reloading and competition perposes. ( I said B.S.) I had never heard of anything like that. Am I wrong here? I have very little knowledge of the 1903 but plenty of reloading knowledge. I looked the rifle over and could not fine any chambering info. Was the 1903 chambered in something else? Joe |
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I don't think that has anything to do with the situation at hand though. If a .30-06 was put in a .30-03 chamber, there would be more room, not tightness. People did use these guns to compete with frequently. I suppose it could have a really tight match chamber???? I don't know. I think it would've have to been rebarreled too then at some time. |
I think this is the most likely. Someone screwed up or just didn't finish the job right. I'm not aware of any other round that would be so close that you could stuff a 30.06 round in. Surely not .308. But hey guys thank you for your input. I think I'll call the guy tomorrow and tell him he might want to get it checked out by a gunsmith in town I have a lot of faith in. Joe |
Maybe so, but to me it looks like something is wrong with that shoulder. Ackleys are usually similar sized but more precise in the edges. That shoulder on the fired brass looks way too small. |
So that being the case ( no pun intended) Does that mean the case can only be reloaded for that particular rifle? I realize the case is compressed very little but also wouldn't that have a effect on controlling chamber pressure? Joe |
best bet would be to reload the fired cases for that particular rifle, and probably be best to just neck size, however if you had a couple of rifles in that caliber, you could possibly FL resize and use in both,, how about those measurements,, |
Sorry it took so long. I've been sick for a week.  I hate being sick!  My son helped with the dimentions. Funny I can use Mastercam and Autocad with no problem but I can't use paint worth beans! Joe |
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Edited, looking at the dimensions for both, 30.06 and AI, i think you have neither, my guess, for what is worth, is yoteslayer and jjrea are correct, it probably needs to be reamed, have the headspace checked before he shoots it again good info for case sizes here just click on the caliber for info |
Thankyou that info rlc ! That's pretty handy.  Joe |
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