Bolt hard to cycle after shot ?? UPDATE
So I started shooting my savage 110 in 7mm-08. I was shooting Nosler brass with 40 gr of H4895 and a 120 gr Nosler ballistic tip. I loaded CBTO of 2.277 which gave me an OAL of around 2.863. This is .063 longer than SAAMI spec for 7mm-08. However, the rounds loaded easily so I went ahead and shot them. I had time to fire 6 rounds today. After the first shot the bolt lift was easy put pulling to bolt back to eject the brass was fairly difficult. I experienced this on 5 out of the 6 shots. The load should not have any pressure issues at all. Any clue as to why the bolt was so hard to move after firing?
So I started shooting my savage 110 in 7mm-08. I was shooting Nosler brass with 40 gr of H4895 and a 120 gr Nosler ballistic tip. I loaded CBTO of 2.277 which gave me an OAL of around 2.863. This is .063 longer than SAAMI spec for 7mm-08. However, the rounds loaded easily so I went ahead and shot them. I had time to fire 6 rounds today. After the first shot the bolt lift was easy put pulling to bolt back to eject the brass was fairly difficult. I experienced this on 5 out of the 6 shots. The load should not have any pressure issues at all. Any clue as to why the bolt was so hard to move after firing?
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