RebelRooster
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Wasn't sure where to post this.
I was sighting in a new (to me) rifle this afternoon. It's a P-17 that has been built into a very nice sporting rifle. The ears have been removed, the action is bedded into a nice after market stock and it has a good blue finish. This firearm has been around for a while but is in overall good condition. Someone put a lot of effort into the build and it shows.
After firing the first round I noticed that the bolt drug when I opened it. A light tap to finish bumping it open and it easily extracted the spent case. This is a first for me, I examined the case and the only thing I noticed was a light wear mark above where the webbing would be in the case. No sign of high pressure. I could chamber the spent case easily closing the bolt on it. When attempting to open the bolt again the same drag was present. I fired another four rounds through it with identical results. This was new bargain factory ammo. I found a few rounds of IMI ammo in the safe and fired three rounds of that. There was still a very light drag on the bolt but very little force needed to open it. Extraction wasn't an issue in either case.
factory ammo feeds and extracts easily if I don't fire the rifle.
I don't have headspace gauges for 30.06 and it doesn't really seem to be a headspace issue.
Has anyone encountered a similar issue with a bolt rifle?
I was sighting in a new (to me) rifle this afternoon. It's a P-17 that has been built into a very nice sporting rifle. The ears have been removed, the action is bedded into a nice after market stock and it has a good blue finish. This firearm has been around for a while but is in overall good condition. Someone put a lot of effort into the build and it shows.
After firing the first round I noticed that the bolt drug when I opened it. A light tap to finish bumping it open and it easily extracted the spent case. This is a first for me, I examined the case and the only thing I noticed was a light wear mark above where the webbing would be in the case. No sign of high pressure. I could chamber the spent case easily closing the bolt on it. When attempting to open the bolt again the same drag was present. I fired another four rounds through it with identical results. This was new bargain factory ammo. I found a few rounds of IMI ammo in the safe and fired three rounds of that. There was still a very light drag on the bolt but very little force needed to open it. Extraction wasn't an issue in either case.
factory ammo feeds and extracts easily if I don't fire the rifle.
I don't have headspace gauges for 30.06 and it doesn't really seem to be a headspace issue.
Has anyone encountered a similar issue with a bolt rifle?