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Shoulder damage after firing.
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<blockquote data-quote="epags" data-source="post: 1902882" data-attributes="member: 105138"><p>Bought at auction in 1979 for $85 a sporterized Enfield #4 Mk1 in 303 British. Original owner had replaced military sights with commercial sights, restocked it with Bishop's walnut stock with an inset silver cross.</p><p></p><p>It needed re-crowning, bluing and a trigger job. It went in and out of my safe over the past 20 years whenever I was bored. Without any thought of resale, over time, I invested (sunk) another $200+ for a blue job, the purchase of a 303 crowning tool, a side scope mount and a replacement trigger. See photos.</p><p></p><p> I took it to the range this past week and while it was getting 1.25" MOA it was damaging the brass, both my reloads and new commercial rounds.</p><p></p><p>I cycled an unfired round through the chamber and there was no damage to the shoulder. However, upon firing, there was shoulder damage at the 6 o'clock position. </p><p></p><p>Because my wife loves me and the comments on this blog, I bought a Teslong bore scope from Amazon (really neat toy) to see if I could identify the problem. See photos.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what to think. Looks like something is sticking up at the shoulder. Damage only occurs after firing. Do I need to get a chamber reamer? Can the obstruction be scrubbed out with JB bore cleaning compound? Your thoughts and suggestions will be most appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="epags, post: 1902882, member: 105138"] Bought at auction in 1979 for $85 a sporterized Enfield #4 Mk1 in 303 British. Original owner had replaced military sights with commercial sights, restocked it with Bishop’s walnut stock with an inset silver cross. It needed re-crowning, bluing and a trigger job. It went in and out of my safe over the past 20 years whenever I was bored. Without any thought of resale, over time, I invested (sunk) another $200+ for a blue job, the purchase of a 303 crowning tool, a side scope mount and a replacement trigger. See photos. I took it to the range this past week and while it was getting 1.25” MOA it was damaging the brass, both my reloads and new commercial rounds. I cycled an unfired round through the chamber and there was no damage to the shoulder. However, upon firing, there was shoulder damage at the 6 o’clock position. Because my wife loves me and the comments on this blog, I bought a Teslong bore scope from Amazon (really neat toy) to see if I could identify the problem. See photos. I don’t know what to think. Looks like something is sticking up at the shoulder. Damage only occurs after firing. Do I need to get a chamber reamer? Can the obstruction be scrubbed out with JB bore cleaning compound? Your thoughts and suggestions will be most appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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