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[Steve Janes]

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[plinker 777]

Wow, I'd take it to a smith.Pay him to sort it out I don't think laquer would account for that much chamber "tightness"....my .02 cents

 

[lejarretnoir]

Yes it cycles brass cases with ease, but when I put anything with a laquer on it like surplus cheq stuff, it get's really tight and won't extract every once in a while, then when it does extract, it won't fully go into battery on the next round, this happens about 15% of the time I shoot now, when I look at the chamber it looks like wax is being shaved off the casing. with brass I can load the rifle and perform a chamber check, with a steel case NON lacquered I can load and perform a chamber check, when I use surplus, it just isn't the same, it's so damn tight I hurt my hand opening the action and if I don't pull to far and fling the round, when I close it I have to push the charging handle forward with all my might. I would shoot brass case if it were cheaper and unfortunately there was very little non lacquered steel case available and it's gone

Something isn't right there for sure. My bolt actions have zero headspace and are tight, yet the Czech stuff goes in and out the easiest. If I could look at it I'd figure it out, so perhaps a trip to a smith is in order. Mini 30's should handle the Czech stuff with ease.