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<blockquote data-quote="jeff29414" data-source="post: 2146652" data-attributes="member: 117993"><p>I also have an A-Bolt 3 (in 308 Win) and have a similar issue (bought it new in Jan 2020). I'm a reloader though, I am using once fired military brass that is cleaned, polished, and fully sized to spec. My first 30 rounds were using a 165 gr Hornady Interlock softpoint, taper crimped to the cannelure at 2.725. Cycled and fired flawlessly. Then I loaded same brass type with 150 gr Federal Power Shok softpoints seated at range from 2.810 down to 2.730 (in 0.010 increments) to find best seating depth. Tried a couple, but neither of them would chamber (even though all measurement are within spec) and the bolt got stuck at about 90 % loaded position - had to put the butt on the floor and hit the bolt with my hand firmly about 4 times before the bolt finally opened and ejected the cartridge. next cartridge was same so I went home to check. No visible issues in bore, chamber, or on bolt face so I tried my mock ups for previous 165 and 168 gr rounds and they cycled flawlessly - just the Federal 150 causing issues. I unloaded/deprimed a cartridge then seated the bullet deeper until I could finally chamber a round (2.687 - which seems pretty short to me), then I reseated 5 more and tried to cycle them. 2 of the 5 were still very tight and hard to close the bolt fully and the bolt actually came all the way out of the action on the return stroke for those 2 - past the stop without the release being pressed. Then I reseated 5 more and tried again - bolt got stuck on 2nd one and then when I got it free it also came all the way out of the action. </p><p>I have contacted the closest service center to get it looked at. I found a couple other posts with the sticking bolt or bolt coming out past the stop, but no one mentioned unable to even chamber a round that didn't exceed any of the measurements....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeff29414, post: 2146652, member: 117993"] I also have an A-Bolt 3 (in 308 Win) and have a similar issue (bought it new in Jan 2020). I'm a reloader though, I am using once fired military brass that is cleaned, polished, and fully sized to spec. My first 30 rounds were using a 165 gr Hornady Interlock softpoint, taper crimped to the cannelure at 2.725. Cycled and fired flawlessly. Then I loaded same brass type with 150 gr Federal Power Shok softpoints seated at range from 2.810 down to 2.730 (in 0.010 increments) to find best seating depth. Tried a couple, but neither of them would chamber (even though all measurement are within spec) and the bolt got stuck at about 90 % loaded position - had to put the butt on the floor and hit the bolt with my hand firmly about 4 times before the bolt finally opened and ejected the cartridge. next cartridge was same so I went home to check. No visible issues in bore, chamber, or on bolt face so I tried my mock ups for previous 165 and 168 gr rounds and they cycled flawlessly - just the Federal 150 causing issues. I unloaded/deprimed a cartridge then seated the bullet deeper until I could finally chamber a round (2.687 - which seems pretty short to me), then I reseated 5 more and tried to cycle them. 2 of the 5 were still very tight and hard to close the bolt fully and the bolt actually came all the way out of the action on the return stroke for those 2 - past the stop without the release being pressed. Then I reseated 5 more and tried again - bolt got stuck on 2nd one and then when I got it free it also came all the way out of the action. I have contacted the closest service center to get it looked at. I found a couple other posts with the sticking bolt or bolt coming out past the stop, but no one mentioned unable to even chamber a round that didn't exceed any of the measurements.... [/QUOTE]
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