I just rescued a custom Mauser 30-06 from a local pawn shop. Pics are over in the Hunting Rifles forum. Problem is when chambering a round, the shell will load about halfway then stick. With a little pressure it will fully chamber, but leaves a pretty good scrape along the bottom side of the brass. I've marked the top of the brass with a marker when loaded in the magazine and when the shell is removed the scrape is almost dead center on the bottom of the round. I am loading correctly from the magazine and not trying to drop the shell into the chamber and then close the bolt. Any suggestions on a fix by a novice tinkerer, or is this an issue for a professional?

The pics are of two different factory rounds and it also does the same on my FL sized handloads from my other 30-06.

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