I have a new rifle and shot it for the first time yesterday. Two times during the day I tried extracting an unfired round. Both times, the bullet stayed in the chamber and the case was extracted. I had to use a cleaning rod to knock the bullet out. Is this common with a new rifle? Should I be concerned?
Case/Bullet Separation
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Re: Case/Bullet Separation
It would help to have a little more info. What kind of rifle, and caliber? Are you shooting factory ammo or reloads?
Walter
It would help to have a little more info. What kind of rifle, and caliber? Are you shooting factory ammo or reloads?
Walter
Re: Case/Bullet Separation
It sounds like the bullet was jammed into the rifling. This is actually common among the benchrest crowd, where the ammo is often loaded so that the bullet is jammed into the rifling.
If we are talking about a new rifle shooting good factory ammunition, one of the two was out of spec. Either the throat on the barrel is too short/tight or the ammo was too long.
Generally speaking....
It sounds like the bullet was jammed into the rifling. This is actually common among the benchrest crowd, where the ammo is often loaded so that the bullet is jammed into the rifling.
If we are talking about a new rifle shooting good factory ammunition, one of the two was out of spec. Either the throat on the barrel is too short/tight or the ammo was too long.
Generally speaking....
