condor bravo
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My .22 Hi-Power Savage mdl 99 has reached a point where it is very difficult to unlock the action after firing a round or just unlocking with an empty case or no case at all in the chamber. The problem is not one of extraction but simply unlocking the action prior to extraction.
Now, due to fault of my own, here is what I think led up to the situation: Most of my cases have been formed from necking down the parent case, the .25-35 Win. However I could and should have sized the cases a little more for looser chambering but not having done so, the cases and loaded rounds chambered with a crush fit. Unlocking the action to extract a case was no problem to begin with but lately the difficulty in unlocking the action has become obvious and difficult. Again, extracting a case is not the problem since the same thing happens without a case being chambered. However, unlocking is a little easier if the trigger has been pulled. Factory Norma .22 HP cases chamber easily without a crush fit?
Any ideas as to what has happened and a cure?
Now, due to fault of my own, here is what I think led up to the situation: Most of my cases have been formed from necking down the parent case, the .25-35 Win. However I could and should have sized the cases a little more for looser chambering but not having done so, the cases and loaded rounds chambered with a crush fit. Unlocking the action to extract a case was no problem to begin with but lately the difficulty in unlocking the action has become obvious and difficult. Again, extracting a case is not the problem since the same thing happens without a case being chambered. However, unlocking is a little easier if the trigger has been pulled. Factory Norma .22 HP cases chamber easily without a crush fit?
Any ideas as to what has happened and a cure?