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Is simple wear and tear from opening and closing or is it excessive recoil and or both?

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No to opening and closing a well lubricated hinge.
Yes to percussion induced Twist.


Out there doing it best I can.
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The gun has some very small wear every time it is cycled open and closed. Suitability of lube, cleanliness of lube, finish to the steel parts, and fit of the parts are the more important factors. Hard (either case of through hardened) parts that are fitted over a high % of contact area with a very polished" finish and running proper, clean lube will cycle a huge number of times.

Each firing of the gun flexes the action slightly and causes movement between mating parts such as the hinge pin and hook, locking bolts and bites, and circle joint and frame. The amount of flex is goverened by design and firing pressure. The stronger the design and the lower the pressure the less the flex. Wear is goverened by the size and number of flexes, lube, and hardness of the steel. To mitigate wear, keep pressure down, keep lube clean (assuming any good, modern oil or grease), and limit shooting of any gun that is already worn enough to be "slightly" off face.

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Here are a few factors , in no specific order.
1, Wear and tear on bearing surface's,hooks and joint pins [hinge pin ]
2, Excessive use of heavy loads.Incorrect rim depths.
3, Slamming it shut!
4, Lack of regular maintenance,ie.seeing that the bites are sufficient and the gun is not loose .
5, Loose friends ,allowing for excessive gape thus straining the hook.
That about covers it in general,although some guns do have there own peculiarities .

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Please note point 5 should have read "Loose foerends".
Dammned spellchocker.

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Loose friends will do you in every time!

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"Loose friends" and "gape" are words that should never be in the same sentence.

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gunman: perhaps you can help me??? i have a fine sauer dbl. rifle in a bastard cal. i fire form 348 win. brass to make the brass. but the rimm thickness gives excessive head space i am considering using loose leaf binder reinforcements (2) on the base of the brass to correct this situation i will prime the brass with the spacers glued in place so the primer will not be recessed. any thoughts????? [30gr. imr 4198 @ 1400fps driving a 375gr. lead bullet] best regards

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I have done more than one rifle for my self gluing a brass spacer into the rim recess of the barrel. They have been in place for many years. It only takes two for a double and it is much simpler than having to make up many spacers.
Cheers,
Laurie

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fallingblock: this is basically what i want to do what did you use? did you cut them out from sheet brass? i dont want to sound stupid but any help is appreciated. i have over 100 rounds loaded when i became aware of the head space problem. regards

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