Oh no! The head pulled off a case. Now I’ve got a separated case in my rifle!

[Painkillers]

I haven't read the whole thread, but 8 times out of 10, just forcefully ramming another round into the chamber will dislodge it. Forcefully mind you, don't f uck around with it.

 

[hawk-i]

I've only had a case separation once and that was on a 280AI Kimber rifle.
Running a tight dry patch through from the muzzle end removed it.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

To avoid this happening, I lube my SVT chamber with light grade oil before firing. It has no ill effect on rifle operation as oil gets blown on rivelli channels with each shot and lube the bolt and chamber in the process. Yes its sooty, but cleaning it is easier after that.

OP you might want to adjust your gas setting as the more violently the rifle cycles the more likely the head separation can occur. The fine tune of the setting for winter operation is that it feeds reliably. In manual they say any temp below -5C rifle should be set at 1.5 but if it cycles on lower setting its ok to keep it as is

Yes, it is probably overgassed right now. That's in the last paragraph.

 

[Raton57]

Guy we unfortunately hunter with a guy that never threw a 7mm mag case away. He fired them till the head separated or case split . He often took one shot at a deer and then we had to use a easy out to pull the case out. Usually screwed it in and hit with a cleaning rod from the muzzle. This was his more normal practices
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[Canuck65]

I've only ever had this happen once. Here's what worked for me (no special tools needed):

spray kroil around the broken brass from the back, and down the bore from the muzzle. Leave it alone for a few hours. This step was probable not even required.

gently hammer a beveled hardwood dowel from the breech end into the brass until it's snug, but not crazy tight. Insert another hardwood dowel from the muzzle until it's sitting on the first wood plug (inside the broken case).

Two light taps on the dowel going down the bore, and everything just fell downward out of the action.

The case should never really be "stuck" in there. There's a bit of friction holding it to the chamber walls, but not much. The brass expands when firing, then shrinks right away afterward.

Those tools in the OP are slick - hope I never need one though.

 

[Butcherbill]

Had a .303 case head separate this summer, man was it stuck in there good. My .303 stuck case remover wouldn’t pull it while I was at the range, it would either pull out of the case or the extractor claw would slip off. I had to get it in the case really well once I got home and tap/pound it out at home with a wooden dowel from the muzzle end.

You can see the indent the expander made in the case neck, this was unknown to me fired range brass that would chamber in this particular no.4.