gamestalker
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My Son bought a new 700 and 4 boxes of factory to shoot. Two boxes were Win. and 2 were Rem.. A lot of it from all 4 boxes are presenting problems with chambering and extraction. Some are even so bad that it take a lot effort to get the bolt open after firing. No high pressure signs, other than very flat primers on the ones that were really difficult to extract. The thing about this circumstance is it has happened with 3 different new 700s over the last 5 years, and only with factory ammunition. The rifle was cleaned well before firing it. I've encountered this event with two 7mm rem. magnums and one .270 win., all were 700s. The two 7mm rifles have never had this problem since hand loading for them, and the same with the .270. I saved a few rounds of both brands and pulled the bullets to see if I could find the issue. Both brands measured differently just above the head, up to .002" larger on some, and powder charges had a spread of up to 6.3 grains from the lightest powder charge, to the highest. I don't shoot factory but once every blue moon, so I don't know if this is a common problem. I did some searching and discovered a lot more recalls on factory ammunition than I was prepared for.