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300 WSM reloading and chambering problems
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<blockquote data-quote="Blackhawk" data-source="post: 2055678" data-attributes="member: 105459"><p><em>I experienced the same issiues on a New Savage110 High Country in 300 Winchester Magnum Caliber.</em></p><p><em>My rounds became increasingly harder to extract. </em></p><p><em>After firing as little as 5 rounds with no problems I could not extract my brass from the chamber without striking the lifted bolt with a rubber dead blow mallet.</em></p><p> <em>Consequently I removed the bolt and placed a light coat of oil on the lugs then replaced it.</em></p><p><em>I then fired off two more rounds without a problem but on the third round I again experienced ejection problems.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I went home and re weighed my powder and checked my jump and found that they were all 2 1/2 % from max with a bullet jump of .040". (all within a normal range)</em></p><p> <em>I changed powder and went back to the range and guess what , the same thing happened after 6 rounds sent down range with zero issiues. I was pretty confident that I had solved the problem until I fired that 7th shot. Yup you guessed it I had a failure to extract.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong> Note:</strong></em><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>All my brass was cleaned in steel pin media ,annealed, Fl resized using a match grade bushing die, trimmed to length, and shoulder bumped .0035" to fit in my chamber using a Redding Body Die and Competition Shell Holder set. Actual bump was measured using a Horandy Head Space tool before seating a primer and loading any powder or seating a bullet. Neck tension is set to a - .003"as measured brass case necks using a micrometer on a finished round.</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Well all this was driving me crazy as I had never experienced anything like this before . </em></p><p><em>With that being said I fired said rounds in one of my other rifles chambered in 300 Win Mag and did not have a single problem and this led me to believe after considerable time spent researching this problem that said problem may be a weak extractor spring , ball and the extractor itself.</em></p><p><em>I then ordered and subsequently changed out my extractor replacing it with a HD unit designed for Savage rifles.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Long story short, it was the extractor that was weak and caused the failures to extract a fired shell case.</strong></p><p><strong>Simply by changing out the factory extractor for a heavier HD unit my problem has vanished and I am now a happy camper.</strong></p><p></p><p><em>So perhaps you have a weak extractor ,and or ejector as well, and you may benefit from a simple change out.</em></p><p><strong><em> I know it helped me to solve my extraction problem.</em></strong></p><p><em><strong> Best Of Luck</strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blackhawk, post: 2055678, member: 105459"] [I]I experienced the same issiues on a New Savage110 High Country in 300 Winchester Magnum Caliber. My rounds became increasingly harder to extract. After firing as little as 5 rounds with no problems I could not extract my brass from the chamber without striking the lifted bolt with a rubber dead blow mallet. Consequently I removed the bolt and placed a light coat of oil on the lugs then replaced it. I then fired off two more rounds without a problem but on the third round I again experienced ejection problems. I went home and re weighed my powder and checked my jump and found that they were all 2 1/2 % from max with a bullet jump of .040". (all within a normal range) I changed powder and went back to the range and guess what , the same thing happened after 6 rounds sent down range with zero issiues. I was pretty confident that I had solved the problem until I fired that 7th shot. Yup you guessed it I had a failure to extract. [B] Note:[/B][/I][B] All my brass was cleaned in steel pin media ,annealed, Fl resized using a match grade bushing die, trimmed to length, and shoulder bumped .0035" to fit in my chamber using a Redding Body Die and Competition Shell Holder set. Actual bump was measured using a Horandy Head Space tool before seating a primer and loading any powder or seating a bullet. Neck tension is set to a - .003"as measured brass case necks using a micrometer on a finished round.[/B] [I]Well all this was driving me crazy as I had never experienced anything like this before . With that being said I fired said rounds in one of my other rifles chambered in 300 Win Mag and did not have a single problem and this led me to believe after considerable time spent researching this problem that said problem may be a weak extractor spring , ball and the extractor itself. I then ordered and subsequently changed out my extractor replacing it with a HD unit designed for Savage rifles.[/I] [B]Long story short, it was the extractor that was weak and caused the failures to extract a fired shell case. Simply by changing out the factory extractor for a heavier HD unit my problem has vanished and I am now a happy camper.[/B] [I]So perhaps you have a weak extractor ,and or ejector as well, and you may benefit from a simple change out.[/I] [B][I] I know it helped me to solve my extraction problem.[/I][/B] [I][B] Best Of Luck[/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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