At first it wouldn’t come back at all but after some lite tapping the bolt came back and the brass was still stuck. I was able to back the brass out pretty easily with a cleaning rod once I got home.
I was thinking about this a little more and up until now I had only run Remington ammo through it that was manufactured around the same time. One of the two rounds that cycled fine was new Vortex (owned by Rem). Is it likely that factory ammo is that far to one side of spec? Brands that I had trouble with were Winchester, Federal, and old (pre Rem) Vortex. Hornaday seems to work well but didn’t shoot well.
It’s a recent problem. Rifle has a pretty low round count maybe 100-150. It hasn’t been shot in close to 10 years (cleaned periodically). This is the first time I’ve tried solid copper bullets, which I was told might be creating higher pressures due to increased copper fowling? Probably 20 total copper rounds thoroughly cleaned half way through.
Yes the ones that were stuck have markings just above the belt and some darkening around the neck. There was some scoring around the rim and copper on the bolt face.
It's a 1:10 and yes shooting 180gr. That's certainly something I'll consider. I don't need copper for this hunt so I might just get away from it for this year.
Yes, but the older version (2016) as well as Winchester Copper Impact both got stuck. I have a new box of the Vor-TX that I shot that ejected a little tight but not what I would consider problematic.
That’s Bizarre but certainly falls in line. I talked to a custom rifle builder who thought it might be because I shot multiple different coppers without cleaning in between. He said the different alloys could cause additional friction and thus more pressure. I thought it was an interesting perspective that I hadn’t considered before.
