I was shooting my WASR-3 and ran into a problem. I had 4 cases separate.
All of these occurred in the same magazine with one batch of ammo. The ammo was Win Q3131 with the head stamp WCC 99. . I bought a case of this stuff a few years ago and shot most of it in a Bushmaster without problems. It was never subjected to extreme heat or old.
I had no problem with some Win Q3131A head stamp WCC 04 and Wolf 55 grain FMJ. I shot this 400 rounds of this stuff plus a few reloads without any problems.
You can see from the photo the rim did not have any extractor marks.
I'm wondering if the Q3131 is loaded hotter than the others and if this could be the problem.
* Let me explain the the three rounds at the bottom of the picture. Round A separated. Then B was feed and jammed. When extracted round B had the neck, shoulder and part of the body of A stuck to it. What you are seeing is round B with part of round A stuck on the end.Hi Resolution VersionUpdate - 1/18/06I checked the headspace. It would not close on a no-go gauge with hand pressure. But a couple of light taps with a rubber hammer and the bolt would rotate to the fully closed position. Then I tried a field gauge. It would not rotate to the completely closed position even with several solid taps. So the headspace is not great but I don't think I would go so far as as to call it excessive.
My next plan is to get some other full power loads and see if they function better. With luck it's just a bad batch of ammo.