Reising 50 Case Head Separation....

[Jim Rider]

Twice in the last couple of weeks I have had a case head separate on a Reising 50. This is new Aguila ammunition. Is this a gun problem or a ammo problem??? Any idea where I can get a broken shell extractor for .45ACP? The last problem happened after I had completely cleaned the gun and happened on the last round of the second 30 round mag. Thanks for your help!

 

 

Jim

[ODS9091]

Don't know if it is gun or ammo problem, but I did have it happen to me once. I just took a .308 case, inserted it neck first into the chamber, tapped it a few times to seat it inside the .45 case, and then took a cleaning rod from the muzzle end, and drove them out. The .308 case basically swedges onto the case.

[Jim Rider]

Don't know if it is gun or ammo problem, but I did have it happen to me once. I just took a .308 case, inserted it neck first into the chamber, tapped it a few times to seat it inside the .45 case, and then took a cleaning rod from the muzzle end, and drove them out. The .308 case basically swedges onto the case.

I'll try that.......

 

 

Thanks

 

Jim Rider

[diblaja]

Jim

 

 

I had the same problem with my M50 --- The solution for me was the firing pin was a bit too long. I noticed that some primer hits were a little too deep and in some cases there was blackness around the dimple indicating the firing pin punctured the primer. I suppose when I got a case head seperation, which didn't happen all of the time, the round may have been a little out-of-battery when it ignitied. Anyway, I shortened the firing pin by grinding off ~ < 1/16 off of the back-end. Get yourself a couple of spares --- www.gunpartscorp.com Also there's a post in this forum that has a good tutorial on some basic perfomance steps where the author has some pictures of how he shortened his firing.

 

 

 

[diblaja]

Jim

 

 

I had the same problem with my M50 --- The solution for me was the firing pin was a bit too long. I noticed that some primer hits were a little too deep and in some cases there was blackness around the dimple indicating the firing pin punctured the primer. I suppose when I got a case head seperation, which didn't happen all of the time, the round may have been a little out-of-battery when it ignitied. Anyway, I shortened the firing pin by grinding off ~ < 1/16 off of the back-end. Get yourself a couple of spares --- www.gunpartscorp.com Also there's a post in this forum that has a good tutorial on some basic perfomance steps where the author has some pictures of how he shortened his firing.

 

Forgot to add this --- the remainder of the case that was still in the chamber could be easily removed with a dental pick where I scraped it out from the case mouth. Also a down-and-dirty way to remove a stuck case is to find a screw tap that just enters the inside diameter of a spent case where the cutting threads is just enough to cut and grip the stuck case.

[hawksnest]

Aguila = hecho in Mexico. Buy U.S.

[ODS9091]

This is th epost diblaja was refering to.

[Jim Rider]

Jim

 

 

I had the same problem with my M50 --- The solution for me was the firing pin was a bit too long. I noticed that some primer hits were a little too deep and in some cases there was blackness around the dimple indicating the firing pin punctured the primer. I suppose when I got a case head seperation, which didn't happen all of the time, the round may have been a little out-of-battery when it ignitied. Anyway, I shortened the firing pin by grinding off ~ < 1/16 off of the back-end. Get yourself a couple of spares --- www.gunpartscorp.com Also there's a post in this forum that has a good tutorial on some basic perfomance steps where the author has some pictures of how he shortened his firing.

I have read that tutorial. I'll read it again and give it a try.

Thanks

 

Jim