Foxyboy43
Well-Known Member
Pal was out today with his brand new .243 Mauser - first shot dropped a buck, brilliant, super…. Then he cycled the straight-pull bolt but no brass came out. Fortunately he was on a shooting pal’s farm and a cleaning rod sorted the clearly one-off problem. Few minutes later another buck - bang flop, cycled the bolt and again the brass remained in situ!
Sooo - my advice was to take it back but maybe out of curiosity clean the chamber just in case oil or grease had created a seal on the brass thereby preventing extraction, then fire a few test rounds to see if this resolves the problem.
The rounds of (his) choice are Hornady - anyone encountered this with their new Mauser chaps?
PS he is in Scotland - I am in NI so I couldn’t examine the rifle.
Sooo - my advice was to take it back but maybe out of curiosity clean the chamber just in case oil or grease had created a seal on the brass thereby preventing extraction, then fire a few test rounds to see if this resolves the problem.
The rounds of (his) choice are Hornady - anyone encountered this with their new Mauser chaps?
PS he is in Scotland - I am in NI so I couldn’t examine the rifle.
