mauser hard bolt lift? - 06/08/14
I had posted awhile back about my son getting his grandfather's vz24 7mm RM handed down to him. We were told it may have excessive headspace and just shoot factory. He gave us several boxes of factory as well as handloads he had. We had a case separate when we were shooting it the first time. It was then he remembered the factory ammo issue. After discussion here confirmed what I thought was that improper sizing created the base separating.
I sized all the once fired as minimally as I could and made some reduced loads with 4198 as well as starting loads of varget all with 120gr bullets. After shooting some the bolt lift was hard every time. Primers look good. Now the once fired brass rechambered had difficult bolt closure and opening. Factory and sized brass chambers fine. The sized brass being slightly stiffer but that is what I was going for.
Any ideas? The bolt isn't super slick to begin with at least compared to the other 270 mauser that was handed down to my younger son.
I sized all the once fired as minimally as I could and made some reduced loads with 4198 as well as starting loads of varget all with 120gr bullets. After shooting some the bolt lift was hard every time. Primers look good. Now the once fired brass rechambered had difficult bolt closure and opening. Factory and sized brass chambers fine. The sized brass being slightly stiffer but that is what I was going for.
Any ideas? The bolt isn't super slick to begin with at least compared to the other 270 mauser that was handed down to my younger son.