Hey guys,
Friend picked up a new 6.5cm Savage Stealth on my recommendation and has enjoyed is thus far until some issues today.
- Factory 6.5cm Savage Stealth
- Factory Scope Base
- Using Factory Hornady 140gr ELD-M
- No protruding action screws \ not in too far
- No protruding scope base screws \ not in too far
Sighted in the rifle with no issues, appx 50-60 rounds through the rifle without issue.
Started up today, and rifle locked up \ had issues chambering a new round right before a cease-fire. Range-master came by, smacked the bolt handle down and then back up very hard in order to get it to eject.
The brass and projectile was pretty well beat up, and the gun will no longer fully close on a factory round.
1) The rifle will still chamber and eject a spent casing (fired from this rifle) without issue.
2) The rifle will not close on a loaded round, and leaves some severe marks on the case and projectile when you attempt to force the bolt handle downward.
3) The ejector and extractor both move freely when depressed and seem to work properly when chambering a spent casing.
Here is the bolt face (looks like the ejector pin is sheared?):
Here is the chamber. The brass deposits seem to be the culprit, in my opinion:
Here is a loaded round that cannot be chambered \ after trying to lock the bolt handle down (note the ring on projectile):
No pressure signs on fired brass, which made me initially think it was unlikely the headspace was wrong \ chamber was fouled the point of obstruction:
Lugs look intact:
Any ideas from you guys on how to proceed? Could the ejector be wreaking this much havoc on the entire gun?
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