Scotty99
Well-Known Member
I did strip and clean my bolt but it made no difference. Sent the rifle back to Mauser and they said bolt and firing pin were fine no problem, they never explained what they did or if they did anything at all. Made up some new rounds with Remington primers, better results but still several about 1 in 5 failures. So I bought some factory ammo Sako and Federal all worked fine not a single misfire in 40 rounds an expensive test but it proved it was not the rifle but my reloads. Made up some more rounds using Remington primers again but had to use excess force on my hand primer to seat them and they wouldn’t seat properly, even though I used the RCBS primer pocket brush to clean out the pockets before priming. I think what might have been happening is that using excessive force to prime might have crushed the primer too much so it wouldn’t fire.
Anyhow factory ammo for the time being until I can get hold of a KM primer pocket uniformer to give the pockets a good clear out and get them to the same spec to see if that improves the situation.
Anyhow factory ammo for the time being until I can get hold of a KM primer pocket uniformer to give the pockets a good clear out and get them to the same spec to see if that improves the situation.
