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    Default Scratched bullet

    Hey guys after loading and unloading this bullet yesterday in my musgrave 308(P14 action), I saw this mark on the bullet after ejection.
    Thought there was something wrong with my new load , so I took a different bullet from a previously loaded batch and it did the same thing.
    Now I'm wondering what could have caused that and will it influence accuracy or something else?
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    Thanks

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    Default Re: Scratched bullet

    I would say its hitting the feeding ramp part as it leaves the magazine. Maybe it has a steep angle to climb.
    Doubt that will influence accuracy.

    Ive seen lines running from tip to back. As they touch on way into chamber.

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    Thanks only thing is it wasn't loaded from the magazine ?

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    Default Re: Scratched bullet

    Quote Originally Posted by shooty View Post
    I would say its hitting the feeding ramp part as it leaves the magazine. Maybe it has a steep angle to climb.
    Doubt that will influence accuracy.

    Ive seen lines running from tip to back. As they touch on way into chamber.
    My rifle makes lines on the bullets when I unload them. The extractor grabs the one side of the case head and the ejector push the other side - pushing the ammo to the side and then the bullet scrapes on the chamber wall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Koggelbeer View Post
    Thanks only thing is it wasn't loaded from the magazine ?

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    My guess would be that it(bullet) banged where the lugs lock the bolt upon extraction.

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    Default Re: Scratched bullet

    I also get marks similar to that albeit smaller....
    in my case it's from the ejector/plunger pushing the round outwards as I pull back the bolt.
    the bullet "drag" along the inside of the action.

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