Rchjr Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hello all, I have been reloading for quite sometime and have never had this issue before. I bought some spanish .308 reloadable ammo awhile back. I reloaded it and when I shoot it from my m14 the first couple of shots will fire but not eject. I also have some brand new r & p brass and as soon as I use that it shoots and ejects just fine. The spanish brass I have cleaned out the primer pockets with the rcbs case prep machine. Check case length and trim as needed. This has happened on two seperate occassions now and I cant figure out what the problem might be. I dont think it is the rifle because it works flawlessly with the r & p brass. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks, Rchjr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Anyone know if this brass is uber soft and drags on the chamber walls during the reloading cycle? Note: When I extract HOT rounds out of my bolt rifle, the brass is NOT hot. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rchjr Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Anyone know if this brass is uber soft and drags on the chamber walls during the reloading cycle?Note: When I extract HOT rounds out of my bolt rifle, the brass is NOT hot. Rich uscbigdawg, Thanks for the response, when I reload ( resize and deprime ) it feels like any other cartridge I might be reloading. I can tell no difference in the way it feels when reloaidng. When I ejected the cartridge and picked it up to see if looked different in any way it was a little warm to the touch, felt like most of them I pick up after firing. Thanks again for the response, Rchjr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Not what I meant. On brass that's uber soft when the round fires and expands to the chamber wall, on semi-auto's it can cause jams if it doesn't contract fast enough. I've seen Open pistols have problems with regular Starline brass in 38 Super (mine doesn't so go figure). Just a thought. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rchjr Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Not what I meant. On brass that's uber soft when the round fires and expands to the chamber wall, on semi-auto's it can cause jams if it doesn't contract fast enough. I've seen Open pistols have problems with regular Starline brass in 38 Super (mine doesn't so go figure).Just a thought. Rich Ah..........I see, I wish I had the head stamp markings with me I would post it. What is strange about this is that it is always the first two rounds that do it.Then the rest shoot fine.Then I use the r & p brass and have no problems. Thanks again, Rchjr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 So the spanish stuff is fine after the first 2 rounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rchjr Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 So the spanish stuff is fine after the first 2 rounds? Yes, ejects like it is supposed to. This is the strangest thing that I have seen since reloading for the last 10 yrs. I started by reloading with a certian weight that I wanted to chronograph. I used the spanish brass and also made up some new brass as well ( 10 of each ). Set the chrono up first two shots would not eject, but the following 8 did. Changed clips, used the new brass and all 10 ejected like they were supposed to. Reloaded another group of 20 up 10 spanish brass and 10 r & P. Got the chrono set up, first two of the spanish would not eject as before a week ago, then the following 8 worked fine. Changed clips, all 10 of the r & p brass worked just fine. Went home scratching my head wondering what would casue that. At least I got the chrono results I was looking for! Rchjr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Changed magazines? Anyways, I'm guessing that you cleaned the rifle before each range session. Maybe your gas system needs to be fouled a smidge before working happy. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rchjr Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Changed magazines?Anyways, I'm guessing that you cleaned the rifle before each range session. Maybe your gas system needs to be fouled a smidge before working happy. Rich No I did not clean the rifle, but I did change magazines. That might be what the issue here is. I did use the same magazines ( I have 4 ) for each group of ammo each time. I will do an experiment and see if that might be the culprit. Thanks, Rchjr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 That would work too. I was just saying it because I hate the word, "clip". Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RePete Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Would that be Santa Barbara brass? It's decent brass. I found that it needed to be small base resized. What is your load? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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