Member ShtrRdy
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You'll have to decide if the improvement of using the 26 Nosler is worth it. Or if you just want something different. Then talk to a couple gunsmiths who work on Tikka rifles and see if they would rechamber your 7mm factory barrel or if you want to spend the extra bucks to put a good barrel on it.
Check out Long Rifles Inc as one possibility to do the work.
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Man, you guys sound good! Good to hear your Tikka did so well out of the box.
Were you dialing for elevation or holding over?
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Try some of the Federal Gold Metal Match ammo in 168 and 175 grain. One of those might work well.
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Man, that sounds like a sweet set up. A few types of Federal ammo should be a good start. Hopefully you'll find one of the recipes the rifle likes. What weight bullet would you like to hunt deer with? How long are the shots you have on deer?
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A friend of mine picked up one of these and loves it. In 6.5 Creedmore.
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Wow, those do look like a over-charge. Was the ammo you were going to fire getting rained on so that you might have put a wet case into the chamber? This may have reduced the volume of the case which could cause an increase in pressure. Although, as I write this I think of our mil guys swimming along with their rifles – so I dunno.
I had an over-charged load in my T3 in 22-250 once and it blew out the primer. I was really worried that I had ruined the rifle but that darn thing still shoots great. You'll want to check out your own situation but I think you're fine.
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Thanks for the update. I'll be interested to hear if this fixes the problem.
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Any new findings on this problem?
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To better understand if it's the case sizing or the bullet seating try resizing a case and chambering it. Does the bolt close without too much effort?
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“It seems to tilt to much on the way out to the point it is above the rim on the bolt face and lets go.”
So back to just hooking the rim of a fired case into the bolt face. Are you saying the extractor isn't applying any pressure to the side of the rim?
You might try removing the extractor to see if there's any crud preventing it from moving freely.
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The ejector spring is a good possibility – the extractor spring too.
Can you push the ejector plunger done into the bolt face?
Can you move the extractor outward and feel some spring pressure?
Something else to try — what happens if you chamber a fired case and then open the bolt and pull it back quickly?
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Is it possible the fired case is getting extracted and ejected but then it hits the scope and bounces back into the action?
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Have you tried placing a cartridge case rim under the extractor and push it into place into the front of the bolt? If you do that can you pull the case straight out or does the extractor hold onto it?
The hook part of the extractor looks like it might be too far forward but I don't know if it's suppose to look that way on this model?
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From the picture the extractor looks okay as far as I can tell.
Let's start from the beginning. What problem are you having?
If you have time would you please post a picture of the extractor from the side.
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I'm not familiar with the LSA 55. Could you post a picture of the bolt face for us?
