Part two
Below is what happens when you fire a commercial factory .303 cartridge in a fat and long military Enfield chamber. Meaning civilian cases are not made Ford Truck Tough like military brass is.
And I bought a RCBS case mastering gauge to measure case stretching in the base web area.
The above gauge is nothing more than a fancy and expensive bent paper clip that can measure brass thinning in .001 of an inch.
The factory loaded once fired Winchester .303 British case below stretched .009 on its first firing. And why they talk about fire forming cases to fit your chamber.
The correct term for how much the case is shorter than the rifles headspace setting is head clearance or the air space between the rear of the case and the bolt face.
And if you actually do have .027 head clearance on your rifle you have one very sick rifle. And you would be getting case head separations on the first or second firing.
Normal military headspace on the military Enfield was .064 minimum to .074 maximum and emergency wartime headspace was .084. meaning .020 head clearance. And on a rifle with a good venting system a casehead separation doesn't hurt anyone. But normaly a milsurp rifle with .027 excess headspace is called a "Wall Hanger"
Be safe and be carful.