308 Ashbury - tight leade
Bought an 308 WIN Ashbury a month ago and am having problems with extracting a loaded round,
using 178gr ELD-Match seated to 2.800 they chamber OK but have to pound on bolt handle to extract them
there are 1/8" long scratches all around bullet about 0.200 after case mouth.
Is this normal for a new Savage barrel?
The ELD-Match bullets measured 0.3083, tried 175gr SMK (0.3080) seated to 2.800 and they did the same thing but easier to extract.
Tried sizing the bullets to 0.3075 which eliminated the problem, but don't fancy having to resize each bullet!.
thanks
Kenny