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New 338 Edge will not fire. What now?
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<blockquote data-quote="Topshot" data-source="post: 321915" data-attributes="member: 13285"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I am having a problem with a new .338 Edge rifle that I just picked up from a gun smith. It is a Remington 700 built on a Sendero SF II platform.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The rifle will not fire. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">With a bullet seated off the lands, the firing pin leaves no indentation in the primer and the case will not eject as the rim has not engaged under the extractor clip.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">With an empty, brand new case chambered, the extractor will not ride over the rim when the bolt is closed. The case just remains in the chamber. If I raise the rifle the case just falls out.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I tried to seat a bullet out so that it was into the lands. I had hoped that the bullet seated into the lands would hold the case base against the bolt face. I hoped that this would enable me to fire form the cases but the rifle still would not fire. As you can imagine, with a .338 Edge this is not very good for the nerves to have a miss fire.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As the primer had no firing pin indentation, it looks like there was not enough case neck tension and the bullet was pushed back down into the case as I chambered it. This I think meant that the rim did not slip over the extractor clip again.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">From these tests. I would assume that the head space of the chamber is too long. </span></span> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Any ideas what to do next?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topshot, post: 321915, member: 13285"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]I am having a problem with a new .338 Edge rifle that I just picked up from a gun smith. It is a Remington 700 built on a Sendero SF II platform.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]The rifle will not fire. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]With a bullet seated off the lands, the firing pin leaves no indentation in the primer and the case will not eject as the rim has not engaged under the extractor clip.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]With an empty, brand new case chambered, the extractor will not ride over the rim when the bolt is closed. The case just remains in the chamber. If I raise the rifle the case just falls out.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]I tried to seat a bullet out so that it was into the lands. I had hoped that the bullet seated into the lands would hold the case base against the bolt face. I hoped that this would enable me to fire form the cases but the rifle still would not fire. As you can imagine, with a .338 Edge this is not very good for the nerves to have a miss fire.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]As the primer had no firing pin indentation, it looks like there was not enough case neck tension and the bullet was pushed back down into the case as I chambered it. This I think meant that the rim did not slip over the extractor clip again.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]From these tests. I would assume that the head space of the chamber is too long. [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Any ideas what to do next?[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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