Clambering a round

[Hark1980]

New to bolt-action rifles so bear with me...

I’ve got a new Axis 270win with less than 60rds through it but I’ve noticed that when i chamber a round, the bolt doesn’t always get behind the cartridge to push it into the chamber. At first, it was operator error; I wasn’t pulling the bolt back far enough. But now, every once in a while, the round seems to be sitting too far back in the magazine. Just yesterday I had to stick my finger in there to push it forward a lil bit to allow the bolt to do the rest... Is this a magazine issue?

To break the gun in, I’ve shot Winchester, Remington, Federal, & Monarch and had only 3 or 4 rounds that wouldn’t chamber the first time


Thanks for any info you might have


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Jason

[LoneWolf]

Sounds like a magazine issue. You may need to open up the feed lips a hair so the round sits a bit higher in the mag.

[Hark1980]

Sounds like a magazine issue. You may need to open up the feed lips a hair so the round sits a bit higher in the mag.

Thanks! I was thinking about pushing the back wall (rear magazine lip) forward a little bit but I’ll re-examine it & give your suggestion a try first. I’m a lil afraid to do this though, those little magazines are expensive!


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Jason

[sharpshooter]

Flip the front baffle over so the short side is to the right.

[Hark1980]

Flip the front baffle over so the short side is to the right.

A little bit of research & I see that you’ve answered this question before (found something from 2011 [emoji23] and you gave the same response). Thanks


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[Hark1980]

Flip the front baffle over so the short side is to the right.

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Alright, here’s something that I find interesting. You may or may not be surprised

I flipped the front baffle over, short side on the right-hand side of the bolt/rifle. I’m a lefty though, so the extractor is on the left-hand side of the bolt. My problem was created when I looked through the Axis manual & it said to align the short side of the baffle with the extractor (assuming it was a right-handed model, which it never specified). Either way, short side of baffle is to the right, extractor to the left & the darn thing cycles like a dream. Problem solved, thank youhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180531/1bc37d4596734f50873a03d9db1a237a.jpg so much!


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Jason

[sharpshooter]

The bolt release and the bolt stop is on the right side of the receiver, no matter if it's right or left handed.

[1bdvet]

I thought it was just me, having the same problem has the first post, with problems getting the second round into the chamber after firing.
I also own Axis 270 Win.
I don't think it's the bolt, when a jam occurs I have to stick finger into the magazine to position the next round properly.
Next week at the range, going to tweak the mag.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.corvetteforum.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/80-dscn3705_52f00016c27c6ec154a58d965b6a88871274bc0e. jpg

[prdatr]

I have only shot my Axis at the range loading each shot one at a time so I'll have to try this and see what happens. I like to shot offhand but found that if I cycle the bolt palming under the mag the bolt does drag on it.

[Hark1980]

I thought it was just me, having the same problem has the first post, with problems getting the second round into the chamber after firing.
I also own Axis 270 Win.
I don't think it's the bolt, when a jam occurs I have to stick finger into the magazine to position the next round properly.
Next week at the range, going to tweak the mag.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.corvetteforum.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/80-dscn3705_52f00016c27c6ec154a58d965b6a88871274bc0e. jpg

Did you get your problem fixed? What was the issue?


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Jason