6x47L Help

[Clucknmoan]

Is it possible that you have a scope base screw hanging down. The hard bolt lift happens when the bolt hits the screw. Can't feel it without a round chambered but the case head will hold the bolt head still so the screw can rub. This happens a lot so you might check it. Will cause all the symptoms you are having to some degree.

Appreciated the thought, no screw rubbing the bolt.

 

[Clucknmoan]

I had three different 6x47L rifles that were all picky with this round. Had hard extraction problems with mild loads. Never did get any of them to shoot reliably. It turned out the reamer I used was too small at the web so extraction was hard. A new reamer eliminated that problem but the 6x47L was still finicky with either a 8 twist or 7.5. Took a friends advice and chambered a new barrel for 6XC and never looked back. The 6XC is easier to tune and not at all finicky. Stick a Berger 105 or Sierra 107MK touching with 38.8g of H4350 and enjoy the experience. They all shoot now. Hard to figure sometimes....but definitely frustrating. This combo also shoots the 115's well, slight drop in powder charge, and a 7.5 twist barrel.

Good luck and hope the new barrel cures your problem. If not give the XC a try.

Thanks

Can't say about the reamer, it's not mine. No idea how many barrels it's cut or how those barrels performed.

I thought about going to a 6XC, but decided on a 6BRA instead. Barrel is here, reamer ships from JGS today probably.

 

[Clucknmoan]

Have you tried getting someone else to shoot it in their front rest and rear bags? Reason I ask is that my 6MMs prefer a different rear bag and front rest set (hard, slippery bags with no fore end side pressure)up to my 7MMs as well as a much different hold (prefers free recoil). If I shoot my 6MMs exactly the same way as my 7MMs, they shoot OK, but not great, and Vice Versa if I try to shoot my 7MM how my 6MMs prefer.

Appreciated.

No one else has shot the rifle. I shot it off my strandard front rest and Atlas bipod. Protektor Dr and pump pillow rear bags didn't make a difference either.

This isn't a BR rifle, even if it would shoot in a certain front rest, it wouldn't suit the purpose. I did try multiple holds from light to firm.