The stripped bolt closed nicely on the 'Go' gauge so off to the range I went. With a max. load of IMR4064 (ok...a
bit more than max
), my 150 flat based bullets jammed hard into the lands and a bit of light lube on the cases, it whapped the cases out nicely. Extraction was effortless and the pin strike was well centered on the primers. Chamber neck diameter checks at .343 and the back end of the chamber is nice and snug. Neck runout on the fired cases is right at .001. I had also shortened the barrel 2" and recrowned it and the powder pattern on the muzzle is nice and symetrical.
Good shootin'
-Al
