Mr. Parashooter

With all due respect to you knowledge, experience and wealth of information you have shared with us all of us on the internet some people sometimes look at a problem from a different angle and perspective.

I have used the resizing lube method in the past with many different caliber cases, but if you remember what Peter Laidlericon said about why the Enfield bolt heads only go up to #3 because by that time the case hardening has worn through and the Enfield Rifleicon should be sent for overhaul or scraped because of receiver wear.

Mr. Parashooter my first Enfield came from Turkeyicon and never had a trained Britishicon or Commonwealth armourer even look at it, I have never been worried about what you and I can do with resizing lube, I’m worried about what the brain dead Joe Shmuck does who has no experience or common sense.

If the “inherent weak design” theory held water my Remington 788 in .243 with rear locking lugs and my 30-30 Winchester with its rear locking would have had case separations also, I still think the problem lies with the design and pressure rating of our American made .303 cases especially when people have reloaded their Greek HXP case over 30 times.

If the person who fabricated the special bolt head below to make up for the pounding the Enfield receiver had taken over the years, what do you think the added bolt thrust from oiled case would do to an already worn receiver.

If this persons fired cases had the primer backing out this far with a #3 bolt head what shape do you think the receiver lug recesses were in and what would even more bolt thrust do to this rifle.

The Canadianicon at the old Joustericon site had a fantastic idea with the rubber o-rings and fire forming cases without any oil or lube.
(And bolt thrust is another word for pounding, slamming, bashing, etc, etc)

Fire Forming Cases W/Zero Headspace - Gunboard's Forums

And a little about bolt thrust.

http://www.realguns.com/Commentary/comar52.htm

Ackley Bolt Thrust Tests. « GunsmithTalk