How to prevent brass dings

[molodoi 0]

I read this:

"Will ding brass if you don't put a small piece of "car door guard" on the dust cover. Cheap fix."

from here

Anyone tried it and does it work?

[corbin 621]

It worked when I tried it, but it looks a little funny IMO.

[Klassy Kalashnikov 1,393]

Bouncing off the dust cover edge will ding the brass, but if you have a stepped chamber rifle then it's going to mangle brass every time no matter what.

 

Russian gun control laws leave civilian rifles with a special step in the chamber the intentionally puts a huge dent in the brass. Some people's guns are ones that a non-stepped barrel was used in making the rifle, my x39 does not ding brass. You should check to see if you have a stepped chamber or not as that is the cause of your problem most likely. I believe there is a sticky in this in the .223 section of forum.