Thread: Brass damage ?? Help

Originally Posted by pepper123

Hi folks
Just been up the range this arvo and I've used half a box of Hornady 168grain (308) . So the issue I have had is the brass is getting damaged by the bolt and 2 of the primers have turned a bluey dusty colour and the bolt is very sticky when unloading. Otherwise it's fine with the Winchester 150grain. The rifle is browning X bolt (308) . Here's a pic aswell

I'm curious, You have brass damaged by the bolt, if you continue firing the gun and continue to get damaged brass and more etching on your bolt face, then what?
My apologies if this has been covered already.

edit to add,
I just googled "browning x bolt, bolt face etching" and the only relevant post I found was the one below and Winchester admitted the fault lay with them and replaced the guys bolt. This was from reloads using Winchester primers so may not be relevant?

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

I'm curious, You have brass damaged by the bolt, if you continue firing the gun and continue to get damaged brass and more etching on your bolt face, then what?
My apologies if this has been covered already.

So the problem was a bad load of hornady and the brass was expanding like hell making it difficult to unload. All other ammunition fired since then has been perfect


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