Molten Metal Balls Exiting Receiver

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Hello all,

New to the forum and seeking advice from those with experience. ...Sorry for the links, but I couldn't figure out how to link or insert photos here.

I have been hunting my whole life and own many weapons, but this our first Savage.

My daughter won a 7MM-08 AXIS at a youth deer hunt a few years ago; it fits her perfectly and seems to be very smooth. In preparation for her upcoming hunt next week we were out at the range last week and I noticed the cartridges were becoming more and more difficult to remove from the receiver - even after allowing the gun to cool.

We came home and I cleaned the gun and we returned to the range today. She was using Fusion 120 grain the first time it hung up and we switched to Hornady Whitetail 140 grain today. After approx 25 rounds today (allowing time to cool) the cartridges began hanging up again in the receiver so I cleaned it briefly which helped a little. After another 15 rounds it was the same thing again - cartridge hanging in the receiver. So we shut it down.

As we were cleaning up at the range I noticed that a few primers had been knocked out of the cartridges and also noticed that many cartridges showed signs of gas passing through the primer, which I understand to mean that the load is too hot (too much powder), or that there is a problem with the weapon. Since it's factory ammo I don't suspect it is the ammo...but I've been wrong once before in my life!

Anyways, I came home and removed the stock to clean it again and see if I could find the problem. What I found were micro sized balls of molten steel as you'll see in the photos below. I know it's not lead because it is magnetic and I cannot smash it with pliers.


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Any ideas as to what is causing this issue?

Thank you in advance.

Rob