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New 338 Edge will not fire. What now?
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<blockquote data-quote="specweldtom" data-source="post: 321977" data-attributes="member: 2580"><p>In my opinion, find another 'smith. You'll probably never know why this happened, but on this rifle it was grossly negligent, or incompetent. </p><p></p><p>Why ?</p><p></p><p>1. Huge mistake on headspace. There are at least 3 test stages during chambering that will</p><p> catch headspacing error. I don't know how anyone could miss all of them. </p><p>2. He couldn't have tested it for feeding and extraction. It would have done the same </p><p> that it did to you. Even without firing, it still would have failed to pick up the rim and extract.</p><p>3. It should have been test fired before turning it over to you. All of the problems you have</p><p> would be discovered when it wouldn't fire. Even though some shooters want to do all the</p><p> barrel break-in, any custom rifle should be test fired by the builder, with agreement in </p><p> in advance, especially a boomer.</p><p>4. I don't want to pile on, but jmden and Big Mick got it right, you should never have fired it. You </p><p> can get away with a lot of mistakes on a .22 Hornet, but not a boomer like the Edge. </p><p> Extremely dangerous. You were very lucky. </p><p></p><p>Joel posted while I was writing this novel. He got it in one sentence.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and good hunting, Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="specweldtom, post: 321977, member: 2580"] In my opinion, find another 'smith. You'll probably never know why this happened, but on this rifle it was grossly negligent, or incompetent. Why ? 1. Huge mistake on headspace. There are at least 3 test stages during chambering that will catch headspacing error. I don't know how anyone could miss all of them. 2. He couldn't have tested it for feeding and extraction. It would have done the same that it did to you. Even without firing, it still would have failed to pick up the rim and extract. 3. It should have been test fired before turning it over to you. All of the problems you have would be discovered when it wouldn't fire. Even though some shooters want to do all the barrel break-in, any custom rifle should be test fired by the builder, with agreement in in advance, especially a boomer. 4. I don't want to pile on, but jmden and Big Mick got it right, you should never have fired it. You can get away with a lot of mistakes on a .22 Hornet, but not a boomer like the Edge. Extremely dangerous. You were very lucky. Joel posted while I was writing this novel. He got it in one sentence. Good luck and good hunting, Tom [/QUOTE]
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