Bad burrs in chamber of new to me .300 WSM.
I took my new to me 16 .300 WSM to the range yesterday and discovered two very bad burrs in the chamber which prevent easy extraction. They also wrecked all 6 of the cases I fired by deeply scratching them when I did get them to extract.
I'm remaining positive however by using this opportunity to face off the breech and ream/throat a new chamber so that I'll be able to put the 168 Amax and the Berger 175 VLD on the lands at a length which functions from my rather short magazine.
I'll be chucking up the barrel, facing .030" off of the breech, and reaming the new chamber.
Should cost ~$36 for the reamer rental, $5 for the gauges, and should take under an hour on the lathe including set up and radiusing the chamber mouth.
I'm actually happy about this turn of events because the inability to reach the lands at a mag friendly length was bothering me.