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Be careful, myths about pressure signs.
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<blockquote data-quote="Jinx" data-source="post: 205195" data-attributes="member: 11512"><p><strong>Sticky bolt 264 Win Mag</strong></p><p></p><p>My grandfather handed me his 264 Win Mag Sako Finnbear which he had for 20 years. Good factory ammo is quite expensive so I decided to start hand loading. I loaded 160 grain sierra tips with 57 gr S385 and 129 grain hornady tips with 62 gr S385. We only get 140 grain ammo in S.A which works well.</p><p></p><p>I went to shoot in the rifle with the new ammo and found that the 129 grain bullets made my bolt stick that I could only get it open after 5 seconds. The 160 and 140 grain bullets did not give any problems. The primers of all three casings look the same after firing. Can this be a sigh of over loading or too much pressure? </p><p></p><p>The gunsmith I use said I should seat the tips 1 millimeter deeper, this will bring the pressure down. Is this true or not? The fact that the bolt is sticky, is this harmful to the gun or not?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jinx, post: 205195, member: 11512"] [b]Sticky bolt 264 Win Mag[/b] My grandfather handed me his 264 Win Mag Sako Finnbear which he had for 20 years. Good factory ammo is quite expensive so I decided to start hand loading. I loaded 160 grain sierra tips with 57 gr S385 and 129 grain hornady tips with 62 gr S385. We only get 140 grain ammo in S.A which works well. I went to shoot in the rifle with the new ammo and found that the 129 grain bullets made my bolt stick that I could only get it open after 5 seconds. The 160 and 140 grain bullets did not give any problems. The primers of all three casings look the same after firing. Can this be a sigh of over loading or too much pressure? The gunsmith I use said I should seat the tips 1 millimeter deeper, this will bring the pressure down. Is this true or not? The fact that the bolt is sticky, is this harmful to the gun or not? [/QUOTE]
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