Does anyone have any experience with adjusting magazine box lips to aid feeding. I have just "Acklyed" a rifle and am having problems feeding rounds from the box to the chamber because of the "fatter" profile of the Ackley round. I know that the lips can be adjusted to ease this problem but it is not something I want to do by trial and error without getting some pointers from someone who has done it first. Can anyone offer some advice please?
Feeding Problems
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Thanks for the reply Dennis. Your right of course, I should have posted more information. The action is a Ruger M77, the calibre was changed from 25/06 to 25/06AI. When I did this with a similar rifle in 30/06 I experienced no problems but the 25 is somehow different.
It will not feed from the magazine box into the chamber regardless of how many rounds are in the box. I tried swapping the mag. box with a 7mm Rem. Mag. one but it made no difference. It still feeds normal 25/06 ammo no problem.
It will not feed from the magazine box into the chamber regardless of how many rounds are in the box. I tried swapping the mag. box with a 7mm Rem. Mag. one but it made no difference. It still feeds normal 25/06 ammo no problem. damadama said:Thanks for the reply Dennis. Your right of course, I should have posted more information. The action is a Ruger M77, the calibre was changed from 25/06 to 25/06AI. When I did this with a similar rifle in 30/06 I experienced no problems but the 25 is somehow different.
I haven't played much with Rugers... but ...
with the action upside down and the bolt closed so you can see the rails where the cartridges lie just before the bolt pushes them ahead... compare how the regular 25-06 lies there with how the AI lies there... and how the 25-06 feeds ahead and how the AI doesn't... I think you may have to grind the rails allowing for the fatter AI shell to set to the side more ... don't you just hate this part...
