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Hey all,
Wondering who you guys would recommend as a great gunsmith for a precision rifle. I have a custom built Remington 700 chambered in 6.5 creedmoor. This thing is truly a sub MOA rifle with minimal effort using factory rounds.
I probably have 500-600 rounds through it.
For the last 60 or so rounds I have been running into an issue with tight chambering. The first time it happened I had a live round get stuck, and I mean stuck in the chamber. I couldn't close the bolt on it and I couldn't extract it. That was a fun time removing it.
Long story short, I cleaned it really well after that happened and it seemed to resolve it for a short time but now it's doing the same thing again. Not every round is difficult to chamber but every couple are either difficult to close the bolt on or won't chamber at all.
The ones that are difficult to chamber I noticed I am getting some vertical scratches on the bullet at the shoulder down to the case neck.
Anyway, I don't feel comfortable continuing to shoot it, although the rounds I do fire don't seem to suffer in the accuracy department. However, my fear is if I take it to any gunsmith the rifle won't be the same after being looked at or worked on and the original builder who once worked for a very big name in the industry I am no longer able to get in touch with.
Also I have tried 3 different types of ammo and same thing with all of them.
Sorry for the long winded post. Recommendations are appreciated.
Wondering who you guys would recommend as a great gunsmith for a precision rifle. I have a custom built Remington 700 chambered in 6.5 creedmoor. This thing is truly a sub MOA rifle with minimal effort using factory rounds.
I probably have 500-600 rounds through it.
For the last 60 or so rounds I have been running into an issue with tight chambering. The first time it happened I had a live round get stuck, and I mean stuck in the chamber. I couldn't close the bolt on it and I couldn't extract it. That was a fun time removing it.
Long story short, I cleaned it really well after that happened and it seemed to resolve it for a short time but now it's doing the same thing again. Not every round is difficult to chamber but every couple are either difficult to close the bolt on or won't chamber at all.
The ones that are difficult to chamber I noticed I am getting some vertical scratches on the bullet at the shoulder down to the case neck.
Anyway, I don't feel comfortable continuing to shoot it, although the rounds I do fire don't seem to suffer in the accuracy department. However, my fear is if I take it to any gunsmith the rifle won't be the same after being looked at or worked on and the original builder who once worked for a very big name in the industry I am no longer able to get in touch with.
Also I have tried 3 different types of ammo and same thing with all of them.
Sorry for the long winded post. Recommendations are appreciated.
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