I bought a TC Icon .243 recently (my first gun purchase in a decade). I got it out to the range yesterday and today and put 4 different deer-specific factory loads through it.
While the overall accuracy is very impressive, I have noticed that it doesn't feed super smooth -- the bolt is hard to lock down after feeding in a round from the magazine to the chamber. This is especially evident with 100 grain loads, not so much with 95 grain and 85 grain.
Is is possible, even normal, for a gun to have a really tight chamber from the factory? Will this feeding issue loosen up and smooth out over time? Or maybe it's just a design issue with this gun.
While the overall accuracy is very impressive, I have noticed that it doesn't feed super smooth -- the bolt is hard to lock down after feeding in a round from the magazine to the chamber. This is especially evident with 100 grain loads, not so much with 95 grain and 85 grain.
Is is possible, even normal, for a gun to have a really tight chamber from the factory? Will this feeding issue loosen up and smooth out over time? Or maybe it's just a design issue with this gun.