Excess headspace...and then there's this!

KotKotofeich said:
It would take that many to realize something is off?
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It could if the brass is being ejected onto the ground and you're not paying attention to it.

I have more issues believing someone looked at those fired cases and thought nothing was wrong than it took them 8 rounds to notice something was wrong.

But who knows. Clearly not the seller. Lol
 
Your used rifle, is it one of the sporterized Swedish Mausers?

I yes, it might very well be in 30-06, from the picture it looks very much so.

You can "safely" fire 6.5x55 in a 30-06 chamber, if you don't mind the gases in your face and non existing accuracy.
 
I just put a 6.5x55 besides a 30-06, and that's exactly what it is, your rifle is chambered in 30-06,
and I bet it is one of those sporterized models you can find by the ton on the Intersurplus website for $270 bucks.

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mephisto002 said:
I just put a 6.5x55 besides a 30-06, and that's exactly what it is, your rifle is chambered in 30-06,
and I bet it is one of those sporterized models you can find by the ton on the Intersurplus website for $270 bucks.

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Measuring the caliber of the barrel should be easy to figure out if it's still at 6.5 or a .30.
 
mephisto002 said:
I just put a 6.5x55 besides a 30-06, and that's exactly what it is, your rifle is chambered in 30-06,
and I bet it is one of those sporterized models you can find by the ton on the Intersurplus website for $270 bucks.

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Did they rebarrel or rebore those rifles? The OP said that bolt/barrel/receiver all shared the same serial number.
 
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Gatehouse said:
Did they rebarrel or rebore those rifles? The OP said that bolt/barrel/receiver all shared the same serial number.
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The barrel is definitely 6.5mm. I've been discussing the dimensions of the blown-out brass with a user here, and it's very likely this rifle is chambered in 6.5-284 Norma due to some very similar numbers.
 
257hunter said:
It’s surprising how oblivious people can be sometimes. I’ve seen entire boxes of 300 win brought back to the store after being fired through a 300 wby. The only complaint was poor accuracy.
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I once had a customer ask for a box of .30-06 Shorts. You mean 125 gr?? Nope. Eventually figured out he was shooting 308 win. Sure the brass came out funny looking but less recoil for practice. Encountered a few like this over the years.
 
Irons78 said:
Bought a used rifle recently. Asked my usual 36 questions, all seemed good. Seller had fired the rifle, reported no issues. Seller included some 1xf brass.

Got the rifle and saw the 1xf brass and...yeah. Glad I asked for the brass, otherwise I'd have taken it out for a test shoot and been unpleasantly surprised (or worse). The rifle is going back to the original owner. Be careful gunnies, you never know what you're going to get.

Anyone want to take a guess at what the h-e-double hockey sticks happened here? The case on left is new, case on right is 1xf in this rifle. Looks like someone was trying to change calibres and said "eff it" halfway through reaming. Every brass case was blown out like this one, and all had multiple cracks around the mouth and shoulder area. Yikes!

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actually the headspace is fine no case separation or backed out primer
 
Irons78 said:
The barrel is definitely 6.5mm. I've been discussing the dimensions of the blown-out brass with a user here, and it's very likely this rifle is chambered in 6.5-284 Norma due to some very similar numbers.
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Case length on 284 is basically the same as 6.5x55 (2.170 vs 2.165). Can't be 6.5-284, where's the neck? It has to be something longer for the shoulder to be where it is.
 
Suther said:
Case length on 284 is basically the same as 6.5x55 (2.170 vs 2.165). Can't be 6.5-284, where's the neck? It has to be something longer for the shoulder to be where it is.
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I measured the base to edge of the "new" blown out shoulder at 1.905". Norma dimension is 1.906". Who knows. It's weird why the new shoulder taper is so rounded.
 
Irons78 said:
I measured the base to edge of the "new" blown out shoulder at 1.905". Norma dimension is 1.906". Who knows. It's weird why the new shoulder taper is so rounded.
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Shoulder should END at 1.9ish, not start.

Again, where is the neck? 284 has a short neck, but it has a neck. With only 0.005" difference in brass length you should be able to see a neck on the fired brass.
 
Irons78 said:
The barrel is definitely 6.5mm. I've been discussing the dimensions of the blown-out brass with a user here, and it's very likely this rifle is chambered in 6.5-284 Norma due to some very similar numbers.
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Respectfully disagree with the 6.5-284 assertion. Diameter at the web of a 284 based case is 0.500" which is 0.020" larger than the Swede, so you should see a clear buldge in the body of the case from essentially swedging up to fit the larger diameter chamber if this is the case / instance.
 
Irons78 said:
I measured the base to edge of the "new" blown out shoulder at 1.905". Norma dimension is 1.906". Who knows. It's weird why the new shoulder taper is so rounded.
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The 284 and 6.5x55 are very similar and the same length. They shoulder would be in the correct place..

You need to find a case that has the neck start at 55mm/2.170. like the 6.5-06 does
 
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