Is it Common for 6.5 PRC Short Actions to Fail to Eject Live Rounds

[BigSky!]

I've posted this on several forums with very little feedback. Maybe here is better. I've only owned one 6.5 PRC and I sold it without ever firing it. My neighbor is not an online guy and wants me to sell his Bergara Ridge West River 6.5 PRC for him. So, before I do that, I'm going to shoot it so I can represent it properly. However, last night, to check it out, I was running some live rounds through it to check feeding etc. These were factory Hornady ELD-M rounds. They would go into the mag flawlessly and would feed flawlessly. They would extract perfectly; but, they would not eject, at all. Empty pieces of brass both extracted and ejected perfectly. It is clearly an action opening size issue as the loaded rounds are simply too long to eject. To me, this isn't a problem because my non-floorplate rifles need to be unloaded round by round anyway. This is BDL so one can just drop the floorplate.

So, back to the question. Is this common for PRC rifles on a short action?

 

[Barrelnut]

Are you sure the unfired round is too long? Or could it be that the ejector is too weak to eject the added weight that comes with an unfired round? Also if using a scope rail, the bullet tip might be hitting the rail and causing it to bounce back into the chamber.

 

[BigSky!]

Thanks for the response Barrlenut. I am not sure that the loaded round is too long. It just only happens to loaded rounds. I have a message in to Bergara to attempt to get a stronger ejector/ejector spring in hopes that is the problem. It is not hitting the rail or the turret. I have confirmed that.

 

[Tac-O]

Thanks for the response Barrlenut. I am not sure that the loaded round is too long. It just only happens to loaded rounds. I have a message in to Bergara to attempt to get a stronger ejector/ejector spring in hopes that is the problem. It is not hitting the rail or the turret. I have confirmed that.

So what happens when you have a live round in and you pull the bolt back? Does the cartridge just stay in place on the bolt head without moving laterally?

 

[wasskeet]

Hopefully Jose-Bergara will weigh in on this soon. If not, send him a pm - he will sort this out for you.

 

[coop2564]

Absolutely not normal...what cartridge could survive that? I have a Browning my SIL has a Bergara both work perfect.

 

[BigSky!]

So what happens when you have a live round in and you pull the bolt back? Does the cartridge just stay in place on the bolt head without moving laterally?

It stays in place on the bolt head, though released, pointing out of the ejection port angled up to the right.

 

[BigSky!]

Hopefully Jose-Bergara will weigh in on this soon. If not, send him a pm - he will sort this out for you.

I actually sent him a message on this forum 10 days ago and have not heard back from him yet.

 

[Tac-O]

It stays in place on the bolt head, though released, pointing out of the ejection port angled up to the right.

That's really odd. Even if you eject with some oomph?

 

[BigSky!]

Here's the amateur video I took the other night. This is a first for me so hopefully it works.

 

[volunteer06]

I've got a b14 wilderness ridge shooting handloads loaded 2.980" oal and the eject perfect. Seems like an ejector issue to me.

 

[Rosebud]

Have you tried different brass, could be thick rim on the brass.

 

[Kimber7man]

Maybe try to seat the factory loads deeper and see if a shorter OAL will eject?

 

[Canhunter35]

It's the ejector not kicking it out, try cleaning and a drip of oil on it