Stuck Case, .303 British Case Separation

Leeper said:
In my forty -plus years of gunsmithing professionally, I have removed dozens of separated cases with a cleaning brush and have seen at least a dozen rifles in which the chambers had been damaged with a tap or a drill bit. A tap can do the job if the case is stuck but trust me, try the brush first.
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Ayup.

Safe, simple methods first, riskier and requiring more care methods later. Cheaper to screw up a bore brush than the chamber.

I have met a fair few dudes that could bugger an anvil up with a rubber hammer. So in the real world, it kinda depends on the person's capabilities and their ability to think their way through a problem.

Cheers
Trev
 
I have a bunch of epoxy curing in the casing right now. I will try to work it out with a brass rod in a few hours. I was led to a shell extractor by a helpful CGNer as well. One way or another this stubborn ####er is coming out.
 
Beater said:
you know, 303 is the easiest rifle to remove a stuck separated case from because its tapered, just load another round and push the bolt home fairly hard. it will push the new round into the rear of the stuck case and jam in now simply extract both works 99 out of 100. ive don't it lots.
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I've done this in the middle of a match and it worked great. Another method I have used is to just use a bore snake started from the muzzle and it always got the case out for me. I use a .32 cal brush.

Start simple and THEN go for the tap or another more desperate, tricky method.
 
A wood dowel, from the muzzle end usually works...try to get the end of the wood dowel on the edge of the brass case, and give it a tap. Works ...most of the time. Another way, is to cast a lead slug at the end of the chamber/start of the rifling, and drive it out ...muzzle end to chamber.
Cheers
B
 
B said:
I have a bunch of epoxy curing in the casing right now. I will try to work it out with a brass rod in a few hours. I was led to a shell extractor by a helpful CGNer as well. One way or another this stubborn ####er is coming out.
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How did you plug the casing mouth ? Hanging the barrel to cure the epoxy ?
 
I wadded up a large cleaning patch and forced it into the neck area, I then made a little funnel for the epoxy. It sat overnight, going to work on it this afternoon. Fingers are crossed...
 
I used a section of Shotgun cleaning rod ( 3/8 in. dia. ) with a Lobster band ( wide rubber band ) wrapped over it..

Keep the rubber outside dia. a tad larger than the inside dia. of the casing...

The rubber sticks to the inside of the broken brass and will come out easy with the friction of the rubber against the brass..

A rubber band from a stock of broccoli will serve the purpose as well...

I keep this rod in my gun case for such purposes..

Hope it works for you...
Robert
 
B said:
Success! Here is the offender with its paper funnel tail...



It took a good bit of force to free it.
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Looks like the old LE, shoot it often enough and it will separate. :d there's a technique, using o rings to customize brass to the rifle. Might help. should be a thread here somewhere.



Grizz
 
It's a very well looked after and all matching Jungle Carbine I inherited from my late grandfather. If it weren't for the piece of scope mount that was installed it would be mint... I am familiar with the O-ring trick but honestly if my brass lasts as long as it has been I am not going to bother. I am going to be scrutinizing my brass much more closely now though. Anything suspect will be segregated and turned into .410 casings.
 
B said:
Success! Here is the offender with its paper funnel tail...



It took a good bit of force to free it.
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I have found that method completely successful with no possible way of damaging the firearm. It's a little slow but very reliable.
 
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