got the round out of the chamber last night (froze the barreled action overnight, then took it out and let it warm to room temp--the brass expands slower than the steel--and was able to knock the round out with a cleaning rod, .30-cal jag, and a couple solid whacks with a dead blow) and sure enough, it's about .005" too long.
Rifle's good. SAAMI spec rounds fit in the chamber perfectly. marked up a shoulder of a spankin new case and a case that was full-length resized in a hornady custom-grade new dimension die. chambered both, no markings were removed on the shoulder. smith knows he chambered it slightly tighter than remington does, but let's be honest--remington's factory throat is deeper than jenna jameson's.
he also confirmed that a round that is as little as .003" larger than saami length at the shoulder is going to be "more than snug", and even larger will create issues.
Not that federal would be willing to admit blame, of course. whatever. it's out, the rifle's okay, and i'm getting a CNC'd handle tig welded on, with threads available to change out bolt knobs on a whim.
Rifle's good. SAAMI spec rounds fit in the chamber perfectly. marked up a shoulder of a spankin new case and a case that was full-length resized in a hornady custom-grade new dimension die. chambered both, no markings were removed on the shoulder. smith knows he chambered it slightly tighter than remington does, but let's be honest--remington's factory throat is deeper than jenna jameson's.
he also confirmed that a round that is as little as .003" larger than saami length at the shoulder is going to be "more than snug", and even larger will create issues.
Not that federal would be willing to admit blame, of course. whatever. it's out, the rifle's okay, and i'm getting a CNC'd handle tig welded on, with threads available to change out bolt knobs on a whim.
