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haveing trouble closing the bolt
Hello everyone i am a first time post but a long time viewer. I purchased a tikka T3 in 25-06 earlier this year and went out to shoot it, and the bolt is very hard to close. I tried using hornady superformance 100 grain, federal premium 100 grain nosler ballistic tip, hand reloads with 115 grain ballistic tip ( at both min and max SAAMI specs for length), and federal premium 100 grain trophy copper. I tested the headspace with a go and no/go gauge and it was fine. Also,when i put brass that has been full length resized in the gun it works fine. Extractor seem to be fine too. I hope someone on here can help me diagnose what's wrong with my rifle. Thanks in advance.
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Are you saying that it even closes hard with factory ammo?
Check the movement of the extractor and ejector. You should be able to push the ejector plunger all the way down to the breach face.
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Had the same problem with some sako brass , turned out the primer pocket wasn't allowing the primer to seat all the way down , leaving the primer slightly proud, I reamed the pockets out and now it all works fine
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Were those rounds hard to extract as well? My first thought isn't headspace, but your COAL to the lands. If the rifle has a throat too short for the round it can do exactly what you're describing.
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ShrtRdy- I am having a hard time closing the bolt with the three different types of factory ammo listed above. The ejector plunger is hard to push down, but I don't think that is the issue because the gun functions fine with empty brass.
dimwit- I feel the rounds are hard to eject compared to my Tikka T3 in 7mm Rem mag. I have not tried to eject rounds that have been fired, these are unfired factory rounds or my own dummy rounds. Do you think I should smoke dummy round or color a factory round to see if it is hitting the lands?
Thanks for all the response
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That would be my first step. Also, if your throat is short, you'll be able to see it on the bullets of the rounds you weren't able to chamber. Smoking/sharpie-ing the bullet will help identify it, but if that throat is short enough to keep from chambering, it'll leave a noticeable scuff on the bullet.
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