11-28-2019, 05:12 PM
Well I did discover something this week. I put 1 round of Hornady Black in it and took it out back and fired it. Locked back just fine.
I'm thinking it's a combination of things. .073 gas port, under power wolf with steel case that doesn't seal well, with a 100gr pill and all parts are new. Also cooler temperature here.
Interesting that the Hornady did get LRHO and even dented the brass off the deflector.
I agree with you Kswhitetails, my expectation is that it should function the crap wolf ammo as a base line. I'm going to cycle some Hornady Black thru it and then come back to this issue. Functional to me is it will function on the wolf ammo even though I won't use it for anything but plinking with wolf, but it should function with it.
I'm thinking it's a combination of things. .073 gas port, under power wolf with steel case that doesn't seal well, with a 100gr pill and all parts are new. Also cooler temperature here.
Interesting that the Hornady did get LRHO and even dented the brass off the deflector.
I agree with you Kswhitetails, my expectation is that it should function the crap wolf ammo as a base line. I'm going to cycle some Hornady Black thru it and then come back to this issue. Functional to me is it will function on the wolf ammo even though I won't use it for anything but plinking with wolf, but it should function with it.
Kswhitetails Wrote:GF - in my experience if it doesn't cycle the Wolf steel, it won't cycle much. I'm not sure if it's a do all test bed, but the steel definitely has the pressure and volume to cycle a properly laid out action. It's just me, but I think many of these builds seem to run with issues (my experience included) until at about 50-60 rounds. Then, for some reason, they're magically better. I have a feeling it's because many of the parts are so new that the finishes on the metal on metal contact locations need some wear to break in the "slip". Dunno, but I've read so many threads over the last two years from guys all encountering the same issues, then they seem to vanish after the fourth or fifth mag of ammunition, never to be heard from again. It's almost like once the issue goes away, so do they...