Has anyone seen this before on there brass?

[savagedasher]

His had bs or ds stamped the bottom of the barrel we think it was made with a special reamer. I'm sure someone here will have the answer. Larry

 

[LHSmith]

Just a W.A.G......I believe all Anshutz actions and barrels are Chrome Moly. The forward end of the chamber might have been pitted by rust, and an attempt was made to hone them out using rather coarse emery. Are there any signs of rust on the exterior bluing or other parts ( magazine)? Some people are horrific "rusters" and tend to cause everything they touch into rust- yes even on blued metal. I don't believe the chamber gets protected by bluing, and if the previous owner was a "ruster", then merely handling shells with sweaty fingers would cause problems.
I don't put much credence into what is stamped on the bottom of the barrel - out of sight.....any credible smith would stamp the wildcat nomenclature where one could see it ....either as a suffix to the .222 Rem, or by obliterating the orig. designation and re-stamping....which is, by law, the proper thing to do.

 

[Ggmac]

Take some measures , .200 up frm primer , at shoulder and neck . What happened to the unfired round you have pictured with it ? That soft point looks like someone dropped it . Did that come from the fact box like that ?

 

[gotcha]

Yes, I've seen it before but usually on revolver brass where cylinders are honed to create "grab" to reduce bolt thrust. Go to Saami site and get specs on chamber and compare to your fired brass. Expect .001" to .0015" shrinkage (diameter) of fired brass due to spring back. If the fired brass is in spec you're good to go. It wouldn't hurt to check the unfired brass to see if its also in spec. The Saami site will give specs for brass as well as chamber. You might also try another brand of brass to eliminate possible annealing problems.

 

[wyoming .260]

I have a factory remington barrel in .243 that does it to most all brands of brass, but really is noticable with some prvi brass, I would suspect a large chamber. My gun shoots pretty well for a light hunting gun , but its a demon on brass. I just dont size it much and chuck brass a little earlier then I would like.

 

[sparky123321]

I'd need some measurements as mentioned above, but from the photos it looks like maybe a improperly head spaced barrel. I wonder if someone just threw on a factory takeoff barrel and or bolt to change the caliber/cartridge at some point in the past.

I'd probably run from the deal.

 

[sparky123321]

Tough to tell from the photos, but how much did the length of the case increase after firing?

 

[Dusty Stevens]

looks exactly like the case expanded to the chamber wall and didnt expand in the web/ base area. looks like a ppc does after fl sizing after just a few firings

 

[Matt_3479]

took a measurement of the brass right above where the line should be on the unfired brass and it measured out too .365-.367 on 3 different pieces of brass.

i took 3 out of 12 fired brass (fired 3 more the other day) and they measured .373-.376 so there is a 10 thou difference. I spoke to one of the most renowned gun smiths in my area and he was saying you would highly likely get head space separation after the second reload at most! so i dont think i will be taking the gun even though it shoots awesome!

 

[bulletdrop]

I have read this thread and maybe it is just me but I still don't understand if the issue is just the brass being roughed up from the line up, or if there is also an excessive growth in length of the fired brass.

How long is a fired brass (head to mouth) compared to an unfired brass?

 

[TheOtherZilla]

Just an observation and a bit of trivia. Years ago I had a friend whose father in law was good friends with P.O. Ackley.. When the father in law passed the son in law inherited the guns he had. One was a 30-06. And was marked 30-06.. Long story short my friend loaded a 30-06 cartridge in the rifle, fired it and ..... It blew up in his face.. Big time.. My friend showed me the rifle once and it wasn't purty.

My point? Just because it says 222 doesn't mean its's a 222.

 

[drover]

Without specific measurements it is only a guess as to what the chamber is, but one thing you can be sure of - it is not a factory chamber and it is no longer a 222 Rem. Like all the other replies here I am only guessing but my guess is this - someone probably used a handheld reamer, or possibly chucked it into a drill, and tried to open the chamber to a 222 magnum or 223 Rem. The false shoulders (taper) in the front of the fired case indicate this and the base of the cartridge would seem to indicate that the reamer wobbled considerably and oversized the rear of the chamber. Just my guess but at least as good as the others you have been getting.

If there was an option to return the rifle I would do so in a heartbeat, if not your choices are to set the barrel back and rechamber it or rebarrel it.

drover