Recent content by alarcher

Ok guys. Sent it back to CA and just got their report. This is what they did: 1. CLEANED AND INSPECTED RIFLE. 2. REPLACED BOLT AND HEADSPACED A NEW (SA STANDARD BOLT). 3. REPLACED STOCK BECAUSE THERE WAS A VOID AT THE REAR OF THE STOCK. (INSTALLED A NEW ELR SA BLK W/ GRY STOCK). 4. ASSEMBLED...

Sent the rifle back to them today. I’ll let you all know when they get back to me.

I haven’t looked closely at that. I will now, but I’ve had the same bolt in the rifle since I’ve owned it and I didn’t get swipe (a couple hundred factory rounds) until it came back with the new barrel.

They’re not even saying “load less powder”. They’re claiming this is totally normal...

Christensen called me this morning. They said they talked with their head gunsmith and that this is normal. Said I could send it back in to them to look at if I wanted to but said it was normal. Am I getting the run around?

Has the solution been to true it up from what you’ve seen? Plan to dig in later today.

The “shop” in this case is the Christensen factory so that’s a bit worrisome...

No idea if it’s squared up or not. I guess a smith would have to verify it for me. About tired of dealing with this gun tbh.

Thanks for all the input guys. Rather than reply to each I’ll reply here and update you all on what I’m finding. -this is brand new brass. All measuring at 1.910 or a thou under. -when I chamber an UNFIRED round I DO get some minimal swipe. Not as bad as a fired case but it is there. -when I...

So I finally got around to shooting this rifle. The marks on the bullet are gone however I’m still getting major ejector swipe regardless of load. From 39 to 42.5 gr (h4350) in half grain increments. Velocities from 2603 to 2817 (increased linearly). The swipe looked the same on the 39 load as...

If you were team tight throat you win. Rifle on its way back from Christensen with a new barrel and re head spaced. Thanks for all the input.

Yep thought that too. All the bullets meet spec. Gun is on the way the Utah now.

Just tried this without a modified case. Same result. Uniform marks all the way around. I also tried intentionally scratching the bullet using the case by trying to mimick the bullet sliding out of the case. The case is not doing this.

yep I did. I was getting ejector marks on some of the factory loads too. Not as bad as the reloads but there were still signs time to time.

I thought about doing that same thing. I’ll try it tonight.