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<blockquote data-quote="Hoss50" data-source="post: 2796640" data-attributes="member: 109801"><p>I would try seating a little deeper and see if it shoots still if this is a hunting gun. About 6 years ago a friend was elk hunting with us. He had a new Ruger American in 270 win. He was shooting HSM ammo with Berget bullets. He didn't know it, but that ammo would jam the rifling. He ejected a loaded round and it pulled the bullet and spilled the powder in the action. He cleaned it out as best he could. A day or 2 later he had the opportunity to shoot a cow elk at about 200 yards and didn't do it. We were razzing him for not pulling the trigger, but he swore he did. Turned out some of the spilled powder was in the trigger and wouldn't let it fire. So he missed a chance at his first elk because of jammed ammo. He didn't know it before the hunt though otherwise I could have set it back for him or had him change ammo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hoss50, post: 2796640, member: 109801"] I would try seating a little deeper and see if it shoots still if this is a hunting gun. About 6 years ago a friend was elk hunting with us. He had a new Ruger American in 270 win. He was shooting HSM ammo with Berget bullets. He didn't know it, but that ammo would jam the rifling. He ejected a loaded round and it pulled the bullet and spilled the powder in the action. He cleaned it out as best he could. A day or 2 later he had the opportunity to shoot a cow elk at about 200 yards and didn't do it. We were razzing him for not pulling the trigger, but he swore he did. Turned out some of the spilled powder was in the trigger and wouldn't let it fire. So he missed a chance at his first elk because of jammed ammo. He didn't know it before the hunt though otherwise I could have set it back for him or had him change ammo. [/QUOTE]
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