gungate
NRA Patron Member
I took my recently built AR 6.5 Grendel to the range yesterday and it had problems. It would not fully seat rounds and the rounds it tried to seat got stuck in the bore. The first one that got stuck I had to separate the AR lower and upper and use a tool to pry the bolt back. I tried again and it got stuck again. This time I just used both hands and was able to force the charging handle back and free the bullet. Next one actually fired. I had one more stuck which was also able to be removed using the charging handle and force and after that I called it a day. The bullets that did not fire had a very faint firing pin indentation so I think they were not seated in the bore all the way.
I am using a batch of 300 reloads that I made a few months ago. I used 100 of these rounds in a competition (the first real shooting of this new build) and it ran flawlessly. The bullets referenced above are from this same batch. I did use Hornady 1 shot to lube the bullets prior to reloading. And, I haven't cleaned the gun since then. I also did not do any cleaning of the bullets after reloading and was wondering if the Hornady 1 Shot might have gummed up the gun.
Thoughts?
I am using a batch of 300 reloads that I made a few months ago. I used 100 of these rounds in a competition (the first real shooting of this new build) and it ran flawlessly. The bullets referenced above are from this same batch. I did use Hornady 1 shot to lube the bullets prior to reloading. And, I haven't cleaned the gun since then. I also did not do any cleaning of the bullets after reloading and was wondering if the Hornady 1 Shot might have gummed up the gun.
Thoughts?