Yosemite Steve
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As you mention ignition, i have heard a few rounds click and then fire. Would that be it?
F Guffey, did you miss the part about the concave bolt face?
Primer is still protruding above flush, right? Brass still sooty?
I know it could not happen to you but sooty cases and low pressure and cases not conforming to the chamber when seating primers can be caused by worn out barrels.
How'd That happen?
0.0015" convex case head by itself isn't much. I was hoping it would reflect something more consistent with how far your primers are protruding.
The center of the bolt face being .005 to .006 deep does account for part of the primer pooching out. I had three primers leak a while back and they did go a bit too easy when pressing them in. Each time left a little hole in the bolt face. I ordered a spring too. The gun smith i had brought it to before discounted the need for a spring as well as that the bolt face is concave. I did called about getting a bolt kit and firing pin spring. I don't think he wants any more work.
I'm estimating that this gun has about 1800 rounds at most fired through it. The only time it has key holed was when I tried loading some ammo under starting load to try mag primers. I took the suggestion to start at 10% less for mag primers and applied it to a starting load. Close to MOA is good enough for me. But I will always try to make em better!
Did you think i knew that and was holding back?