Quote Originally Posted by Onewolf View Post
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.
I don't know if the issue is related but...

It doesn't look like there's any appreciable chamfer on the chamber mouth. That would make feeding slowly tough.

My M11 .223 Feeds OK, but not like one of the better actions (push-feed or crf). I can easily make it jam but I can avoid it easily enough, too.

I loaded some dummy rounds that were way long just to see how well it would feed long rounds if I put a long-throated barrel on it to shoot 80 grainers. They didn't cycle very well.



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