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How tight do barrels need to be threaded?
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<blockquote data-quote="rbkeiser" data-source="post: 209979" data-attributes="member: 9439"><p>Thanks for both replies. I guess I'll need to track down an action wrench for the M70. Everybody seems to make them for everything but. I think my old set up came from Sinclair. </p><p> </p><p>BTW... what prompted this post was having my first ever (in 35 yrs of reloading) case head separation. I'm not sure if it was caused by an untorqued barrel's threads "stretching" when fired, causing excess headspace, but it could be, I guess. Could also be really old brass but I don't believe too much in coincidence. I measured fired cases and reloaded ones prior to firing and set headspace to about .002" - .003" so don't see how this could happen. Primers are not flattened as I'd expect from a stretching and springing back phenomena but I should probably play it safe.</p><p>Thanks very much again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rbkeiser, post: 209979, member: 9439"] Thanks for both replies. I guess I'll need to track down an action wrench for the M70. Everybody seems to make them for everything but. I think my old set up came from Sinclair. BTW... what prompted this post was having my first ever (in 35 yrs of reloading) case head separation. I'm not sure if it was caused by an untorqued barrel's threads "stretching" when fired, causing excess headspace, but it could be, I guess. Could also be really old brass but I don't believe too much in coincidence. I measured fired cases and reloaded ones prior to firing and set headspace to about .002" - .003" so don't see how this could happen. Primers are not flattened as I'd expect from a stretching and springing back phenomena but I should probably play it safe. Thanks very much again. [/QUOTE]
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