I found that I have a feeding problem on my 12 (bind mag SF). It’s got a factory S/S varmint barrel that was 204 but, was set back and rechambered to 20 Practical.

During my load development I’d fed everything single right into the chamber. Turns out that it shoots 26g Barnes VGs really well, they’re hollow points.

I planned to take this for PDs in the Spring so, I need to load 600 of them. Before I started into that I checked my finished load to make sure that it fits into and out of the mag ok……..it doesn’t.

Polymer tipped bullets are no problem but, the hollow point Barnes hit the face of the barrel when I cycle it slow. Cycling it quickly they work fine but, I’m concerned about deforming the tip or….even worse, driving a bullet into the case.

With the volume i'll be running through it....a single feed ramp wouldn't be a good option.

A friend suggested a dap of JB Weld as a little feed ramp…….so long as I can do that without permanently gluing the barrel to the action……that seems like it might actually work.

Anyone else run into this same situation ?? How did you resolve it ??


Thanks,
Dave