hifly78
05-31-2010, 02:17 PM
Hello All,
I have a new Savage 12 VLP DBM left handed in .223 Rem. Loving it.
Recently I added a neck sizing die to my reloading. After firing some neck sized cases I found them really hard to retract. The bolt lift was fine. A rubber mallet would have been nice to have to tap the bolt rearward. Hand getting sore. Not the way I want them
These loads were not near max and velocities were reasonable and close to published, primers were normal so not excessive pressure. Later at home I was cycling the empties through the action and was still hard to retract. I then put a few unfired neck sized loaded round in and had the same problem retracting.
It's like my bolt isn't camming the case back. Upon closer inspection of the cam on the bolt handle and the cam surface (rear baffle) there is .047" slop between that surface (rear baffle) and the rear of the receiver. I reduced this to .027" by adding 5 layers of aluminum tape (.004-.005" thick per layer) to allow the cam to do more work.
This helped and the same cases that were trouble fire and eject like normal now.
Is this something I should be taking back to get repaired or is this a normal thing on these savages to have that much slop on the camming surfaces at the rear of the bolt. If so maybe I will epoxy some shim stock on to the camming piece (rear baffle) where is butts up to the rear of the receiver.
Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
I have a new Savage 12 VLP DBM left handed in .223 Rem. Loving it.
Recently I added a neck sizing die to my reloading. After firing some neck sized cases I found them really hard to retract. The bolt lift was fine. A rubber mallet would have been nice to have to tap the bolt rearward. Hand getting sore. Not the way I want them
These loads were not near max and velocities were reasonable and close to published, primers were normal so not excessive pressure. Later at home I was cycling the empties through the action and was still hard to retract. I then put a few unfired neck sized loaded round in and had the same problem retracting.
It's like my bolt isn't camming the case back. Upon closer inspection of the cam on the bolt handle and the cam surface (rear baffle) there is .047" slop between that surface (rear baffle) and the rear of the receiver. I reduced this to .027" by adding 5 layers of aluminum tape (.004-.005" thick per layer) to allow the cam to do more work.
This helped and the same cases that were trouble fire and eject like normal now.
Is this something I should be taking back to get repaired or is this a normal thing on these savages to have that much slop on the camming surfaces at the rear of the bolt. If so maybe I will epoxy some shim stock on to the camming piece (rear baffle) where is butts up to the rear of the receiver.
Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks