Thank you for your generous offer ^^ But Suther has a good point. What I will do is; buy an old sportered L-E and remotely trigger it when I do the testing.
How long does ammunition last?
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Thank you for your generous offer ^^ But Suther has a good point. What I will do is; buy an old sportered L-E and remotely trigger it when I do the testing.
Eaglelord17
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Before you do any of that since it is WWI ammo would you be able to take down the dimensions of it? I am curious as to if it was in spec or not.
Have fired old Dominion ammunition and it worked just fine.Hit what I was aiming at, with no problem at all.
That is just not my experience with Dominion 30-06, .303 and 6.5x54 M-S, all fired in what were normally accurate rifles...I will trust my experience and you can trust yours, ..."no problem at all."
Good idea! I will do that. Probably I will just fire off a few of them and put the rest into stripper clips with one from each year of WWI, except that I don't
have any 1914 yet.
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Eaglelord17
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The reason I ask is the I personally believe the main reason the Ross Rifle failed as a service rifle was the fact they were issued in the field with out of spec ammunition. This combined with some small faults (like the bolt stop not being large enough) lead to its ultimate failure. Lee Enfields didn't always have the massive chambers they now have, I have a 1912 with a normal chamber (at least based on what I have shot so far, still need to do a bit more testing before I will say 100% that is the case) and I think it would be interesting to get the dimensions of some WWI ammo to see how many of the rounds were out of spec to see if the out of spec ammo theory holds up in practice.
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I am still shooting ammo that was loaded in the old Gevelot plant in Saskatoon in the late '60s and early 70's. The paper "Olympic" 16 ga shot shells sometimes have hang fires. Plastic Olympic shot shells have all been perfect. The case of Gevelot 7x57 ammo that i am working my way through is reliable and accurate.
I have tried some old Western and Dominion 7x57 ammo that is probably from the 50's or so that had problems with case splits. I disassembled some and the powder had deteriorated and had turned acidic, I believe that's what weakened the cases. I won't shoot any more of that stuff.
I have tried some old Western and Dominion 7x57 ammo that is probably from the 50's or so that had problems with case splits. I disassembled some and the powder had deteriorated and had turned acidic, I believe that's what weakened the cases. I won't shoot any more of that stuff.
maple_leaf_eh
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Generally no. There will be residual case lube from working through the dies, but other than a thin smear there is nothing extra.
I wipe down any ammo that is not fresh looking. The brass must adhere to the chamber walls as it fires as part of the balance of pressures and forces when fired. Blowback submachine guns for instance depend on that dissimilar metals adhesion to delay the opening of the bolt long enough for the bullet to leave and the powder to exhaust forward. Bolt actions can only handle so much force against the lugs, and oily ammo is contraindicated.
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