I took my new 223 build to the range this morning and everything worked great except I had a significant issue getting rounds to feed into the chamber. It's a (new from NSS) Savage varmint action with a McGowen 223 SS barrel and a PTG 223 bolt head. I had the same problem feeding either from the Savage 223 magazine or single feeding. The tip of the bullet hits end of the barrel just below the entrance to the chamber. If I 'manually' feed the bullet tip into the chamber it will chamber fine when closing the bolt.

Here's a photo of where the tip of the bullet gets stuck right below the chamber:



A 260 Rem or 284 Win round has no problem feeding into the chamber (up to the point where the 223 chamber is too small).

Any suggestions?

Thanks.