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The problem is with the last round in the mag it seems to jam up when I try to push it into the chamber. The end of the cartridge dives right down into the mag causing the bolt to go over the case. Here is a photo of what it looks like. Any help in getting this fixed would be great.

It must be the Bushnell scope! J/K

A couple things come to mind -
First, check to see if your follower is hanging up and stopping before the last round is pushed all the way to the top of the mag. If this happens, the shell base will fall down as you push forward.

Second thing to check is if the mag lips are bent or otherwise not holding the cartridge evenly front to back. Take the rifle out of the stock and see if you can gently bend the mag box a little bit in or out, depending on how it looks to see if the cartridge will release evenly. You may also have an obstruction between the mag box and stock sides that are causing the mag box to be slightly deformed so the last cartridge isn't square to the mag box as it comes up to the feed ramp.

Also, the magazine box may not have been put in properly when the rifle was last taken out of the stock. Make sure it is in the bottom metal recesses and matches up with the action lips when it is tightened down.
Bob

Is it a SM? Hard to tell from the pic at that angle.

My 300SAUM would slide over the top of the rounds as pictured, but I can't remember if it was the top or bottom round. Anyway, I bent the middle of the mag box in slightly on each side, similar to an hour glass figure if you will. It helped the problem.

Anxious to see what others have found to work. Never had this issue on many LAs or SAs, but these dang SMs are a different story. My latest, a 270WSM, feeds like crap and the last round is a bear to push home. Hoping a polish job smooths things out. If you run live rounds through it now, both the bullet and case look like they just got skipped across a broom finish slab.

I had a 270 WSM that did that. Finally had to get rid of it. It shoot good too.

It is a 300 wsm and the brass dose get scratched pretty damn bad when feeding. Haha the bushnell scope is only on there for now, there will be a leupold or zeiss on it in the spring.

Feed rails are likely too tight.

MM

I'd take it apart and see if all the internals were arranged properly (magbox not caught up funny, follower in place) and try again. I like Loder's suggestion of tweaking in the sides of the box slightly, too.

Wyatt makes magazine that is a single-stack feeder...easy solution that works.

From your picture it looks like the base of the case is still pretty low in the mag box and that the bolt would hit the side of the case versus catching the base. I too would think something is probably binding the follower/spring preventing the cartridge from being raised enough for the bolt to pick it up properly.

Factory or reloaded ammo?

I had a custom rifle act up like this on a .270 wsm. When I phoned Karl Feldcamp he said he has seen quite a few WSM's of the Remington 700's and its custom clones not feed. So when he came to hunt w/ me, he phoned his wife to send him a Ruger follower, a long action spring and ordered a new mag box from Midway. When we came back from hunting, he took it all apart and put in the assortment of new ones. Now, it feeds like it should. Give Karl a call and ask him what exactly he did for Steve's rifle and I am sure he would be happy to walk you though the process.

Thanks for all the help guy's. I bent the mag box in the middle on both sides like suggested and it now feeds great.

I always like rifle you can bend a little to get workin' properly.

I've got a .204 Ruger in 700 that you can't keep cartridges in. Faster'n you can try to squeeze the next one in, the first one pops out.

Might need a bendin'.

!!! Wildly popular, talented but deeply flawed, kinda fugly, and gets no respect - the 700 is the Rodney Dangerfield of rifles.

Bend it and report back....Please don't try to bend the bolt handle though....

It has an aftermarket stock, and barrel - they should be stout 'nough to use as a leverage point to bend the factory stuff around 'til it works. >grins<