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I bought a Stevens 200 in 22-250 and loaded some BRAND NEW Winchester brass with Winchester large rifle primer. Before I get started with this I have another 22-250 (Howa 1500) and had no issues with it. Today I loaded 5 cases with RL15 powder 33.8gns, 50gn vmax bullet COL 2.363 and 5 cases with IMR4895 36.5gns, 50gn Speer spitzer, COL 2.342 My first 5 with the RL15 had the circle marks on the case but made no hole in the side. Next I used the IMR4895 I shot 3 rounds 1st had the mark on the side, the next 2 put a perfect circle hole in the side of the case. All of the rounds were very hard to open the bolt to eject spent case after each shot. Any Ideas what may be going on? What is causing this? there are no marks on the cases when shot through my Howa 1500 22-250 ![[Linked Image]](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e353/dntheplaya/20130104_223841_zpse7cff4a7.jpg)
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I have bought and sold various rifle brass that had been 1X fired from a pressure type test gun that left a faint round indentation on case body. Does any of your brass have a similar faint mark before you fired it? rm73
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Check to see if the front scope mount hole has been drilled clear throiugh to the chamber!
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I second Doc Ed's answer.
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Check to see if the front scope mount hole has been drilled clear through to the chamber! That's my thought as well.
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Check to see if the front scope mount hole has been drilled clear through to the chamber! That's my thought as well. I sure hope the OP didn't buy the rifle cheap from Bubba walking around at the last gun show.
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That one would go to the gunsmith before I'd ever shoot it again!
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Relax guys, it's just a chamber inspection port. 
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I would have stopped immediately. You have some kind of hole in your chamber that looks drilled. WTF....
Is this a NEW rifle or did you buy it from Bubba?
Savage usually test fires all their stuff and I'm having a hard time thinking how the proofer would have NOT noticed.
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How's that?. It went bang when the proofertester pulled the trigger. Maybe he didn't bother to look at the brass.......
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I guess that hole would act like a relief vent ... you'd never have to worry about excessive pressure!
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Ah, heck. The hole may eventually fill up with enuff little brass disc-ettes to not be a problem......keep on shooting<grin>
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I know what the holes for. Its when you cant find primers anymore. Touch hole like a old canon on a pirate boat.
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Huntsman, you beat me to it. Eventually the hold will fill up 
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Wouldn't it blow the front base off.... 
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I would suspect the proofer troofer would have noticed the bolt lift was not quite usual?
I'm just stunned that something like that could possibly happen, and can't wait for the rest of the story. Forsooth!
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yeah thats not good , lol . can you see a screw sticking out to far or anything when you shine a flashlight in the chamber ? thats what it looks like to me , maybe a screw too long on the front base or something and when the case swells its puncturing it .
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yeah thats not good , lol . can you see a screw sticking out to far or anything when you shine a flashlight in the chamber ? thats what it looks like to me , maybe a screw too long on the front base or something and when the case swells its puncturing it . If he can see a screw sticking out in the chamber then it is totally screwed up. The base mount screws only go through the action, not into the chamber. Like most others on here I suspect that the base mount screw hole was drilled through the barrel and into the chamber. Bubba gunsmithing 101 at its best. drover
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But Stevens 200s are predrilled at the factory. I have one, and it shoots, shoots, shoooooooooots.
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