Difficult Extraction in Rem 700

[AZTrooper]

A friend of mine bought a new Rem 700 LTR. He said he fired 5 rounds of Federal .308 168 Match ammo through it and after firing, he said the case on all of them was very hard to extract. He said a loaded unfired round would chamber and extract easily. I don't know what the brass looks like. Anybody have any ideas as to what might be causing the problem?

 

[Art Eatman]

The usual cause is too much pressure. Another thing that can cause it is overly oily ammo or chamber.

It's possible, I guess, that he has a very slightly undersized barrel? Dunno. Slug it with a lead bullet and mike it.

FWIW, Art

 

[AZTrooper]

Thanks, I'll tell him to check all those things.