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Checking Headspace Question
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1319752" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>I feel your pain.</p><p></p><p>So here are your options as I see them.</p><p></p><p>Don't take the rifle back to someone that cant set head space !</p><p></p><p>If you cant fix the problem, I recommend that you buy some new brass and fire form using the minimum load data and that should size but not stretch the web of the case (Use the lighter bullets for this)</p><p></p><p>Then re set your dies just enough to chamber without forcing the loaded rounds.</p><p></p><p>If you don't bump the shoulder after the fire forming, the brass should last fairly normal.</p><p></p><p>As far as getting the roll pin back in the bolt = look at the end of the bolt and you will see that the ejector plunger hole is off set to the end of the roll pin holes. start the roll pin in the the farthest hole and tap it in just short of the plunger hole (IF you go to far just use a punch of the correct size and tap it back until the plunger will go in.</p><p></p><p>Next insert the plunger spring and line up the flat spot on the plunger with the roll pin and push it in. you can use an empty case under the extractor to hold it flush with the bolt face.</p><p></p><p>With the plunger pushed in with the proper alignment and while holding it with the case, you can tap it in with a small mallet until it is about/almost flush with the bolt. then you can remove the empty case and finish taping the roll pin in just below flush (On both sides). using the punch.</p><p></p><p>Try the roll pin first and if it needs a slight chamfer on the starting end that can be done with a file or a buffer/grinder wheel.</p><p></p><p>This is a little awkward but you can do it.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1319752, member: 2736"] I feel your pain. So here are your options as I see them. Don't take the rifle back to someone that cant set head space ! If you cant fix the problem, I recommend that you buy some new brass and fire form using the minimum load data and that should size but not stretch the web of the case (Use the lighter bullets for this) Then re set your dies just enough to chamber without forcing the loaded rounds. If you don't bump the shoulder after the fire forming, the brass should last fairly normal. As far as getting the roll pin back in the bolt = look at the end of the bolt and you will see that the ejector plunger hole is off set to the end of the roll pin holes. start the roll pin in the the farthest hole and tap it in just short of the plunger hole (IF you go to far just use a punch of the correct size and tap it back until the plunger will go in. Next insert the plunger spring and line up the flat spot on the plunger with the roll pin and push it in. you can use an empty case under the extractor to hold it flush with the bolt face. With the plunger pushed in with the proper alignment and while holding it with the case, you can tap it in with a small mallet until it is about/almost flush with the bolt. then you can remove the empty case and finish taping the roll pin in just below flush (On both sides). using the punch. Try the roll pin first and if it needs a slight chamfer on the starting end that can be done with a file or a buffer/grinder wheel. This is a little awkward but you can do it. Hope this helps J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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