7mm prc issues or Hornady

[wywindsor]

My son bought the weatherby and I bought the savage 110 7prc's. We have hornady 180 eldm factory loaded ammunition. Mine the bolt lift is no easy to lift and you have to hit the bolt to eject the case. My sons has extreme bolt lift but the case ejects fine. Both guns chamber this round fine. His is a 26 inch barrel mine a 22. Speed is 2808 on mine and 2814 on his. No flatten primers or craters. Mine has a swipe mark like any savage has even if you don't fire the round. His gun has one ejector mark pretty bad, but none on the rest. Both guns are new and cleaned very well before shooting. mine has 3 shots his has 5. Any Idea what is happening. Bad ammunition poor luck on 2 guns. I hate to buy more ammo to find out the guns are bad.

 

[FeMan]

I have seen Hornady 7 PRC ammo that was out of spec enough that you could not close the bolt on it in a min spec chamber. I measured some Monday that was 0.0015" longer than the go-gage. I am not sure if that is your issue or not, but if the ammo is long enough that you have resistance closing the bolt, it can make for some stiff bolt lift once it is fired. The ammo is the common denominator in the equation.

I would suggest you try ammo from another manufacturer. Id measure the CBTO on the Hornady and whatever else you get and see what the difference is.

 

[243winxb]

Bad ammunition

Yes, if you believe Google.

 

[rickhirsch]

its a factory gun. savage has been known for find accuracies and some bad barrels . have a gun smith look
at it . why waist ammo. good luck buddy