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Sounds like burned on lacquer from the steel cased ammo. I had a 91/30 that did the same thing. Locked a steel case
in the chamber. I was able to knock the case out after soaking the action in solvent overnight. It would not chamber a
new round because of the burned on lacquer that formed on the shoulder of the chamber. I had to soak the chamber in
acetone to get it to come out, I used a 32 cal. stainless steel torpedo brush to get the lacquer out and it still took a weeks
worth of brushing and soaking to get it clean. Like I said I think it might be baked on lacquer causing the trouble . The
pieces I scraped out were hard as steel. Hope you get it clean.
webfoot10
Blanco, your OP said "the last time I had it out...", right? So your Mosin developed this issue after it had not been deforming priorly?
If so, then +1 on the Lacquer theory. I'ts what I thought when I read your 1st post.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |