Bulged cases

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>>32327424
Potato of the rifle in question

I'll bump for you OP

Good luck. That's a niche gat

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>>32327424
A lot of time my 500 mag brass will look similar to that when approaching high pressure loads. I've always just assume its slight abrasions from when the case glues itself to the chamber for a millisecond upon firing. after a 2 hour tumble in walnut they come out pristine looking and show no signs of fatigue. i'm approaching 10 loadings on my brass with no sign of it failing any time soon.

Are you reloading? I've never heard of .351 winchester, i bet its pricey.

>>32327424
Bulge is pretty wasy to see.
Who made the brass? Looks pretty sloppy.
I would try better brass before blaming the rifle.

>>32327484
Texasfag spotted
Cowboys or Texans?

Have some unfired brass to compare to? Looks like excessive headspace and it's stretching back. Compare the outter diameter along the length and compare it to an unfired case.

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>>32327663
Thanks, I honestly wasn't expecting to be able to shoot it much because the ammo is pretty rare, but the thing was tons of fun to shoot during that mag and I'd like to do it again.
>>32327714
>>32327698
These are loads made by Jamison brass, pretty much only this and some Speer as far as "factory" ammo is concerned for this round.

>>32327722
From Texas but I've always been a Redskins fan pls no bully

>>32327779
From what brass? Jamison made?
Extractor cuts look uneven and the orange peel texture would imply poor heat treat/alloy control.

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>>32327759
Unfortunately I don't have calipers/ a micrometer in my toolbox yet, however looking at the brass it looks like the taper towards the rim of the cartridge looks really uneven, leading me to think that anon was right about the poor quality brass. I need to find better brass and try again I guess.

>>32327424
>front sight

do I detect a Police Special 1907?

>Jamison 180 grain soft point round
these are the same spec as the original 351SL but mfg tolerances have not improved since 1907, they've gotten markedly worse, in fact so my inclination is that it's bad brass/batch/. every gun can bulge cases, so you may just have a doozy. you could get a smith to measure the chamber and the barrel to confirm

if you iron them out to reload you will cut case life in half, but it is not dangerous to shoot. if the case blows, the bullet goes plop and the gas will vent out the ejection port, probably in the direction of your hairy disgusting mug, so wear your ipro and you're all set

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>>32327914
I wish, it's just a big standard 1907 that's been kicking around as a ranch gun it's whole life, with some high quality mountain man repairs. I think ill get the chamber measured though just to be safe. Thanks for all the help, everyone in this thread

>>32327424
This might well be stupid - I'm not exactly an authority on the issue - but bear with me.
The Winchester 1907 is straight blowback, correct? Could it be that the recoil spring is worn out and the bolt is cycling before pressure has dropped enough?

>>32328001
no, it won't cycle until the brass unsticks from the chamber walls, the bulge happens at the moment of expansion

>>32327998
nice one OP I would put that gun at somewhere north of 1935 but not otherwise sure of provenance

>>32327859
The tapered region near the front is probably from crimping, which is normal. The region near the back looks buggered up like it's got two tapered regions on the fired case, indicating it stretched and pulled in. Check the overall case length between fired and unfired to see if it's significantly different. I still think your headspace is too much for that case, but maybe it headspaces off the rim...I don't know, I'm talking out my ass now.

>>32327779
Its k, was checking to see whether you're from Houston or San Antonio