Polish Mosin M44 chamber issue.

[WarPig1976]

A bulge is different than a dent. A dent might be a piece of debris or rust in there. A bulge is the result of something missing.

Yes, but if after cleaning and it's still there the idea is the same. A picture would be nice.


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[bczrx]

Hi all,

thanks for the tips so far.

I don't have pictures. can't get any until next weekend, as I won't be able to get to the range to 'make' some cases like this until then.

The mark I am thinking of is a line that is on the shoulder, not the neck, and it is in line with the round.

Visualize the round sitting on the primer, straight up.

Now visualize yourself drawing a 'sharpie' marker on the shoulder of the case straight down, in one spot only.

That is what I am remembering.

NOW, it has been a few months since I had her out. I COULD be misremembering, and it COULD be on the neck area [where the bulge in the photos appears to me: thanks for the images].

And I COULD, very EASILY, be misusing the terminology.

I am referring to the straight area the round sits in as the neck, the angled part that moves out to the case walls at the bottom as the shoulder, and the case straights [well, relatively. Different issue. I KNOW the sides have a slight taper. But not the DRASTIC taper.] as the side-walls of the case.

The case 'shoulder', if I am using the term properly, is what changes the size from the bullet width to the full cartridge case width.

So, again, I could easily be using the wrong terms. And I could easily be mis-remembering. However, I am 85% sure the vertical [in-line] marks I was seeing were in the area I am describing as the shoulder: not the neck.

And I noticed it more severely on the steel-cased shells afterward than the brass. It made me wonder if I saw it more because the steel didn't expand/contract the same as brass.

Thanks again,

Any other suggestions?

Should I just have someone hone it? Is that even possible, without making the chamber too large?

Thanks.