The little hook that pulls the unfired cartridge would not pull the unfired cartridge out of the chamber. It also would not fire most of the time. There was no problem with the chamber since I fired several bricks through the rifle prior to the recent problem? Why would a 'smith cut the chamber with the requests of put a new hook in and new striker spring in?
Please tell me you weren't shooting Remingtons out of it when you started having problems.
A buddy of mine also had a custom barrel with a tight chamber. Remington 22LRs did the same thing as you describe. He had zero problems with CCI.
