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My bolt is hard to open
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<blockquote data-quote="JustMe2" data-source="post: 2299943" data-attributes="member: 42494"><p>I am also having a problem extracting my fired brass. The bolt lifts with some effort, but pulling the bolt rearward takes a lot of effort as if it is over pressured. The primers are not showing any pressure signs nor are there any extractor pressure marks. I full length size and am loading 41.3grs of H-4350 which is about 0.5 gr below Hodgdon's recommended max load for the 147gr ELD-M. The bullet is not jammed into the rifling. The fired brass is showing rubbing marks 360 degrees around the base about .200 up from the base. New, never loaded, brass and reloaded full length sized brass easily loads and unloads into the chamber with almost zero effort. Fired brass is removed with much effort and is also tight reinserting the empty fired brass.</p><p></p><p>Usually as the bullet weight increases, the recommended powder charge decreases. But the Hodgdon manual is listing the maximum powder charge for the 147 ELD-M and 143 ELD-X (41.8) as higher than for the 140 HPBT Match (40.0C) and other 140gr bullets. Is the Hodgdon manual wrong for the 147gr ELD-M and the powder charge listed too high?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustMe2, post: 2299943, member: 42494"] I am also having a problem extracting my fired brass. The bolt lifts with some effort, but pulling the bolt rearward takes a lot of effort as if it is over pressured. The primers are not showing any pressure signs nor are there any extractor pressure marks. I full length size and am loading 41.3grs of H-4350 which is about 0.5 gr below Hodgdon's recommended max load for the 147gr ELD-M. The bullet is not jammed into the rifling. The fired brass is showing rubbing marks 360 degrees around the base about .200 up from the base. New, never loaded, brass and reloaded full length sized brass easily loads and unloads into the chamber with almost zero effort. Fired brass is removed with much effort and is also tight reinserting the empty fired brass. Usually as the bullet weight increases, the recommended powder charge decreases. But the Hodgdon manual is listing the maximum powder charge for the 147 ELD-M and 143 ELD-X (41.8) as higher than for the 140 HPBT Match (40.0C) and other 140gr bullets. Is the Hodgdon manual wrong for the 147gr ELD-M and the powder charge listed too high? [/QUOTE]
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