Alaskan Ironworker
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I recently bought some hornady 160 grain round nose bullets for use in my 6.5x55’s. I have two swedes, one a sporterized 1920 96, the other an all original 96/38 dated 1911. Ive never had feeding issues with spitzer bullets in either, and didn’t expect to have issues loading a bullet the platform was originally designed for. Its seems ,(in both rifles), the edge of the exposed lead catches the sharp edge of the chamber when closing the bolt slowly or medium speed. The issue is greatly reduced if the bolt is cycled quickly, but still happens sometimes. Anyone else had this happen? Any remedies? Im gonna try playing around with seating depth. Can I very lightly chamfer the edge of the chamber or just polish the one edge on the left? Think .001 coned breach, or is that risky business?