caorach
Well-Known Member
I have been noticing some radial marks, scratches, on the heads of my cases. I can't say for sure if these are happening in the reloading dies, or the priming tool or in the actual rifle when shooting and so need to do lots more research but I thought to ask here just in case anyone has seen this before. The rifle is a Blaser R93 so it is straight pull but even so I have a feeling that it might turn the case slightly on extraction, though not my enough to leave these marks I suspect. The background is that this is a 308 and I've been working up a load for about 2 - 3 years now, I'm in no rush and new to this so it is all an adventure. I suspect that the marks have appeared fairly recently but am confident I am seeing them on cases with very moderate loads as well as on cases with my "deer" load. All loads are within printed book max for what that is worth. Here are a few photos: