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Sagexx2 · March 1, 2006, 02:23 PM

Hi fellas,
I`m a rookie to this forum,just joined a few days ago,and enjoy your the
readings of inquires and replies.
I have been reloading my own ammo since 1958. I have several old
timers I load. Remington mdel 740,in 30-06,and a Remington 740 in 308,
also a custom made 270,with Mauser action,Douglas Supreme barrell in 9-1
twist.I purchased the 270 in white,and my buddy who was Plt Mgr.for
the A.C. Spark Plug Div. of G.M., took it to the plant and had the unit
Utilited,that is running it thru the tanks and having it blued,the same
finish that are on the spark plugs,to this day it still has no wear showing.
Still have the invoice for the 270,purchased from Flaiggs,for the hugh
sum of $78.00,in 1960.
Now,for my question,last week my grandson borrowed the 30-06 to
target shoot.Using my handloads,of 165 gr., Sierra B/T,with 47 grs.,of
Accurate powder,in the Winchester brass twice fired,f/l resized,with the
CCI regular primer.
He returned the rifle,and stated one of the loads had a case separation,
so he came home.He neglected to pick up the spent cartridge.
I inspected the bore and chamber,and did not see any thing of the
remaing cartridge in the chamber,as years ago a case separated in
my 270,and was noticable,as the bolt extracted a portion of the base.
Upon closer inspection,I seen that the neck of the cartridge
had separated and stuck in its chamber.
Upon extracting the cartridge neck,it had separated at the point
where the shoulder meets the neck,clean break,not jaggged.
Cannot figured what caused this,as the head space is within the
specs. Possibly the brass was at fault.or could he have fired a 270
by error,one that was misplaced in the box by error. the 06 and 270
have same specs,except for the neck.I tried putting a .308 bullet in
the portion of the extracted neck,would not fit,but a .277 did.
It would seem that if a loaded .270 was fired by error that the case
would fire form and not separate.
What else could have happened????????

March 1, 2006, 02:23 PM	#22
Sagexx2 Junior Member Join Date: February 26, 2006 Posts: 10	What happened??? Hi fellas, I`m a rookie to this forum,just joined a few days ago,and enjoy your the readings of inquires and replies. I have been reloading my own ammo since 1958. I have several old timers I load. Remington mdel 740,in 30-06,and a Remington 740 in 308, also a custom made 270,with Mauser action,Douglas Supreme barrell in 9-1 twist.I purchased the 270 in white,and my buddy who was Plt Mgr.for the A.C. Spark Plug Div. of G.M., took it to the plant and had the unit Utilited,that is running it thru the tanks and having it blued,the same finish that are on the spark plugs,to this day it still has no wear showing. Still have the invoice for the 270,purchased from Flaiggs,for the hugh sum of $78.00,in 1960. Now,for my question,last week my grandson borrowed the 30-06 to target shoot.Using my handloads,of 165 gr., Sierra B/T,with 47 grs.,of Accurate powder,in the Winchester brass twice fired,f/l resized,with the CCI regular primer. He returned the rifle,and stated one of the loads had a case separation, so he came home.He neglected to pick up the spent cartridge. I inspected the bore and chamber,and did not see any thing of the remaing cartridge in the chamber,as years ago a case separated in my 270,and was noticable,as the bolt extracted a portion of the base. Upon closer inspection,I seen that the neck of the cartridge had separated and stuck in its chamber. Upon extracting the cartridge neck,it had separated at the point where the shoulder meets the neck,clean break,not jaggged. Cannot figured what caused this,as the head space is within the specs. Possibly the brass was at fault.or could he have fired a 270 by error,one that was misplaced in the box by error. the 06 and 270 have same specs,except for the neck.I tried putting a .308 bullet in the portion of the extracted neck,would not fit,but a .277 did. It would seem that if a loaded .270 was fired by error that the case would fire form and not separate. What else could have happened????????