On my last range trip my reloads weren't chambering into my no1mk3 enfield. Dang. Well, I'm here for trigger time and have other guns, so I put it aside.
Today's question, now that I have time to look into it, are my reloads F'd up? I consulted my Lyman and Speer manuals, got out the calipers and got to measuring things. My loads, some empty shells, some factory loaded rounds. All were within spec. None of them will close and lock. WTF?
WTF is my bolt ok? Oh, duh, the bolt head on this rifle screws on. That totally escaped me. On this rifle it was not screwed on all the way. DUH! I can only figure that at one cleaning I did not properly screw the thing on.
Color me red for not looking for the simple solution first. In my defense, experimentation lead to conclusion - I just was asking the wrong question.
gave myself a .303 facepalm today
1Heller and McDonald are precedents to be followed, not obstacles
to be overcome
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