01-08-2012, 07:30 PM
Deezil Wrote:I didnt buy it brand new from AA, (they were months out of stock), I bought it from a dealer that claims they assembled it and shot it a few times to make sure it worked... Playing with it here, I take a round and put it in by hand and push it in as far as I can with my fingers and put a cleaning rod in the muzzle and put a mark on it when it touches the head of the bullet, then load one with the bolt, and it stops in the same spot. The ammo just isnt going into the barrel far enough I think.. How the heck do I fix that?
Deezil:
Seat the bullet deeper. If the brass alone enters and extracts EASILY by hand, there is nothing wrong with the brass or chamber for that matter. What you are describing appears to be overall length. The bullets are out too far.
Do something just in case.
Send us a measurement of the overall length of a single loaded cartridge. Then seat the bullet deeper using a seating die until the cartridge chambers and extracts easily by hand (do not shoot).
If the two measurements are not that far off, there is a great chance that you can shoot the ammo without dangerous pressure issues. Given you have a reloading press and die set.
No, I won't say how much a difference is good or not. Just curious about how much the bullet needs to be seated deeper before it will chamber and extract easily. The real issue is this. The chamber or throat is not cut properly. If the barrel was short throated, it won't get fixed by shooting ammo through it. It needs to be fixed by being properly reamed.
LR1955