May 1, 2025 · A friend has a marlin 99 with a ringed chamber. Shots fine but a cleaning rod and hammer are needed to extract the cartridge. My question is: Is the reciever also damaged? or …

May 7, 2012 · IIRC correctly, Ed doesn't offer advice per se but has written that he doesn't like case fillers. At all. He has ringed a few chambers himself and saw many when he worked at …

Mar 24, 2014 · "Ringed Chamber” is a descriptive term coined to name a condition resulting from a bulged or burned away amount of chamber steel in a firearm from high pressure / high burn …

Oct 6, 2018 · As recently stated in the recent lube purging thread. i only use lube in for my competition bullets in the tiny gap ahead of the gas check. I sometimes do well against …

Oct 25, 2023 · I read the thread on plain base bullets which included a discussion on reducing bullet lube. John Alexander recommended trying

Dec 5, 2018 · I have seen barrels ringed trying to shoot them out in this manner. The method I use is to flood the barrel with Ed's Red or Kroil, then stand the gun in the corner for a while to …

May 16, 2016 · Anyhow, Ralph told us to always look through the barrel before shooting a gun, because a patch or a dreaded mud dauber wasp nest in the barrel would cause a ringed …

Dec 28, 2020 · Its head and back are brown, black, and grey with subtle white speckling throughout, its eyes ringed with a line of pale buff. The underside is a dark cinnamon hue and …

Apr 12, 2012 · Some use TP or Dacron or kapok or cotton or ?? very small/light wads atop the powder. (I use Dacron.) Others warn of “ringed” chambers with wads. Loudly. The bullet must …

May 9, 2011 · I have for years been putting bullet lube only in the tiny groove ahead of the gas check for best accuracy and am tempted to try the next step -- no lube. But I don't like cleaning …