r/canadaguns • u/InterestingTry9965 • Mar 01 '26
Fix my gun Canuck Operator bolt head failure
Buddy brought out his Canuck Operator tonight and we ran it like we usually do. We were shooting a mix of miscellaneous ammo: target loads, 3” steel birdshot, and 2 3/4" slugs.
On the last string, we had a failure to extract. Upon inspection, the shell was expanded and stuck in the chamber, the primer was sticking out of the brass, and the bolt head basically exploded.
Never seen this happen before.
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u/draftstone Mar 01 '26
Is it possible that this shotgun headspace was way too loose? The bolt seems to have received its fair share of "primer impact", probably not the first time the primer was able to expand out a bit and you said the shell was too expanded with the primer sticking out which are usually signs of excessive headspace.. If there was too much headspace, the bolt head would receive a bigger impact on every shot that what it was supposed to be and it failed over time.