I took the Sendero and one of my Tikkas to the range yesterday.
I’m an idiot. I just want to get that out there at the beginning so we’re all on the same page.
I brought along three different loads, all handloads from my Tikka, just to see what the Sendero liked. Anyone see the problem yet? I sure didn’t.
I put up a target at 50 for the eyeball method of boresighting, and two more at 100. Eyeball, boresight, everything looks good. I put three rounds in the mag, got set up, and tried to chamber a round.
No luck. The cartridge wouldn’t chamber, bolt wouldn’t close. What the heck? Tried a different bullet. Nope. Tried the last bullet type. O-fer.
This doesn’t make sense, I thought. These loads feed like butter in my Tikka...
Lightbulb goes off. The loads I brought with me were neck sized only, fired in the Tikka. Of course they feed in the Tikka, they’re custom loads. No surprise they won’t fit a different chamber!
Good thing I brought the Tikka, at least I got to shoot a few. It reinforced the accuracy of the 162 ELDX. I also discovered that the Tikka didn’t care much for the 180 VLD Hunting.
That’s four shots into .527”.
I’m going to buy some cheap Hornady factory loads and 100 Hornady empties and hit the range again next week.
Duh.
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