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I traveled from Suffolk to shoot at Bisley only to realize that I had left my ammunition at home!

I bought some .303 from Fultons which shot very well. BUT... I was in a rush and did not really look at what I was buying.

The ammo was reloaded HXP brass with match king heads. All was well until a case parted on extraction leaving me with a broken case in chamber and a out of service rifle!

Caviat Emptor!

Pay no attention, Vossie, he wears a skirt (allegedly), and probably lives in a cave...........

Pete

East Coast Lifeboat wrote:I traveled from Suffolk to shoot at Bisley only to realize that I had left my ammunition at home!

I bought some .303 from Fultons which shot very well. BUT... I was in a rush and did not really look at what I was buying.

The ammo was reloaded HXP brass with match king heads. All was well until a case parted on extraction leaving me with a broken case in chamber and a out of service rifle!

Caviat Emptor!

Unusual to hear of case failure with HXP brass, it's just about the best quality .303 brass around. If you said S&B then I wouldn't have been surprised.

A quick fix to remove a broken case, is to put a cleaning rod down the bore from the muzzle into the mag well and attach a suitable sized bronze cleaning brush, pull the brush back into the case and then tap the case out.
No need for `fancy` case extractors!

ukrifleman

Pete wrote:Pay no attention, Vossie, he wears a skirt (allegedly), and probably lives in a cave...........

Pete

I've heard he lures people into said cave and eats them, too.

That might account for his sense of humour..........

Pete