I cleaned my newest T-53 just like all my other mosins and took it to the range. Broke the extractor trying to eject the first round i fired. took it home and bought a extractor. cleaned the chamber more. used a bore light and see nothing wrong. took it out today and fired about 8 rounds. extracting was VERY bad but i did not brake the extractor. got home and put polishing compound on a shotgun brass bore cleaner with a piece of rag over it and using my drill i polished the chamber.
It only sticks with a shot shell. so i put a used shell in the chamber and it stops before going all the way in. maybe 3/8 inch from going all the way in. impossible to force the shell in by hand. I tried old shells i shot in other mosins and they all stop in the same place. If i take these same shells and put them in another T-53 it snugly goes in all the way??. I even used a fine rat tailed file and carefully cleaned up the lip of the chamber at the face of the rim on the location the cartridge seats.
I measured the ID of a shell right at the rim and noticed a used shell expands about.003 thou over a new shell. but like i said weather it is a shell i shot in other mosins or this T-53 they all stick in the chamber and they all seat properly in my other T-53. any ideas.it is not a chamber needing more cleaning. Maybe it is a deformed lip of the chamber. after firing it does leave a scar on the spent shell about 1/4 inch long right before the rim which is the thickest part of the chamber. Maybe this will be the first MN that beats me.
It only sticks with a shot shell. so i put a used shell in the chamber and it stops before going all the way in. maybe 3/8 inch from going all the way in. impossible to force the shell in by hand. I tried old shells i shot in other mosins and they all stop in the same place. If i take these same shells and put them in another T-53 it snugly goes in all the way??. I even used a fine rat tailed file and carefully cleaned up the lip of the chamber at the face of the rim on the location the cartridge seats.
I measured the ID of a shell right at the rim and noticed a used shell expands about.003 thou over a new shell. but like i said weather it is a shell i shot in other mosins or this T-53 they all stick in the chamber and they all seat properly in my other T-53. any ideas.it is not a chamber needing more cleaning. Maybe it is a deformed lip of the chamber. after firing it does leave a scar on the spent shell about 1/4 inch long right before the rim which is the thickest part of the chamber. Maybe this will be the first MN that beats me.


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