I have a M2008 with a Bartlein barrel in a AICS chassis that GAP built for me. It's chambered to .308 Win and shoots waayyy good.
I have been loading 43.7 grs Varget over CCI BR-2 pimers under 155 Scenars in Lapua brass. Seems to be a great load. After 10 reload cycles I had a case separate leaving everything but the base still in the chamber.
So I bought Brownell's broken shell extractor tool and gave that a try, no go. I then followed their instructions to "open" the fingers a little more and try it again, no go. So I measured the base and unscrewed the two pieces of the tool to lengthen the it .020" and gave that a try, no go.
The ONLY other thing I can think of would be try to get a thermal difference between the brass case and stainless steel barrel. Maybe CO2 or something else?
Any suggestions?
I just can't take this to any 'smith. (too many bad experiences to put THIS rifle in the wrong hands) I guess I'd rather buy the tools and send the barrel to George's crew IF I had to, but I hope not to need to do that. I need help...
I have been loading 43.7 grs Varget over CCI BR-2 pimers under 155 Scenars in Lapua brass. Seems to be a great load. After 10 reload cycles I had a case separate leaving everything but the base still in the chamber.
So I bought Brownell's broken shell extractor tool and gave that a try, no go. I then followed their instructions to "open" the fingers a little more and try it again, no go. So I measured the base and unscrewed the two pieces of the tool to lengthen the it .020" and gave that a try, no go.
The ONLY other thing I can think of would be try to get a thermal difference between the brass case and stainless steel barrel. Maybe CO2 or something else?
Any suggestions?
I just can't take this to any 'smith. (too many bad experiences to put THIS rifle in the wrong hands) I guess I'd rather buy the tools and send the barrel to George's crew IF I had to, but I hope not to need to do that. I need help...