I was watching the fella on the firing line. I'm pretty sure it was not an out of battery situation.With that split in the case and the gray ring, I wonder if it fired out of battery.
^^This^^^Just as a precaution. I tend to go to the extreme in caution when I do reloading. The primer is most likely not the cause, but I want a fresh round with new components.
I wouldn't run any more turkish thru your M1, I would pull the bullets and just kill everything else, I have a bunch of once fired lake city brass , i could set you up with some so you could load for it, i do have some cans of hxp i might let one go but it isn't cheap like in the pastLots of research to do and plenty of time to do it. Got ahold of the CMP today and I'm on the waiting list for their Custom Shop. According to Miss Tiffany, it will be 6 months before I can expect my number to be called.
I have one lead on an alternate M1 gunsmith. Any other leads on quality M1 gunsmiths are greatly appreciated.
Before I put another round through this rifle it will need to be completely torn down and inspected front to back and top to bottom ... every component will need to be in spec or replaced with a component that is in spec.
The ammo issue is beginning to look pretty dim. Given what's noted on the CMP forums, I may have some real crap ammo with this MKE 65.
Anybody know about MKE 78? That's the other lot that I purchased.
Yeah i had a couple thousand rounds of that years ago, ended up selling it to a guy and he ran it all thru a 1919a4 had no issues there but it was hell on rifle stocks as i found out!On a similar note, Indian 308 has a bad lot, I'd have to look it up. It's posted on the M14 forum.
Brand new M1a and my brother gave me some Indian 308, first mag, about the 4 th round.
It blew the bottom out of the mag.
Hirtenberger? I've shot that with no issues, but I don't know if mine was "machine gun" ammo. It is non-corrosive, but it's Berdan primed, so no reloading. I save it for my Cetme clone.There was also some German surplus machine gun ammo that was breaking M1a rifles. It was probably fine in a loose barrel machine gun, but a good tight rifle barrel would be over pressure. The Brand started with a "H", something like 'heitenberg' but I cannot remember the name for sure. I will try to find the details.
Thanks for the lead on stock and parts.Yikes! Sorry about your rifle, and I'm glad nobody was hurt. I think I'd be done with that ammo...not sure I'd even trust that brass to reload. Could be those rounds are overcharged, but it could also be bad metallurgy in the cases. I have some old surplus .303 that we reloaded, and the brass is clearly more brittle than the modern stuff, not sure if that's due to the original metallurgy or just the age/improper storage, but I have to keep a close eye on it and am only using it for light cast bullet loads that I neck size for. The SMLEs also have a nasty habit of stretching brass due to their rear-lugged bolt design, but even with that in mind that old brass just doesn't hold up like new manufacture stuff.
I had what was almost a case head separation last week in a .30-06. I'm not sure if it was my 03A3 or my Garand...I was shooting them both and didn't find it until I got home, but one of the cases had a crack with some obvious gas seepage about 1/2" up from the base, and it went about 3/4 of the way around the circumference of the case. R-P (Remington) brass. Probably just too many reloads for that one, but I'm glad it held together...would have broken my heart to blow up one of my rifles.
I hope there's no damage to yours beyond the stock. The CMP makes a nice one, but if you're looking for an original, and trying to keep it affordable, S+S has them for cheap. I saw them the other day when looking for something else and almost bought one just because it seemed like too good a deal to pass up, but ended up talking myself out of it because money is kinda tight at the moment and I don't need to be buying stuff that I don't really need. I have no affiliation with the company, but I've bought from them before and they did right by me: https://www.ssfirearms.com/proddetail.asp?prod=GS177. They also have handguards and other parts if you need them.
That name sounds right. I do not remember the specifics. When I was serious in National Match Competition, we had a channel on "shooters.com" that was dedicated to National Match competitions.Hirtenberger? I've shot that with no issues, but I don't know if mine was "machine gun" ammo. It is non-corrosive, but it's Berdan primed, so no reloading. I save it for my Cetme clone.
Well ... Thank you for taking the time to help move this conversation forward.I don’t like Turks, let alone using their kaboom(y) ammo.