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<blockquote data-quote="TH" data-source="post: 987628" data-attributes="member: 1046"><p>I recommended a gunsmith for my buddy to build his first custom rifle. The gunsmith produced his rifle and it shot extremely well. When it shot it was chambered in a 7mm wildcat. My buddy shot it extremely well. When we went to wyoming for an elk hunt we were not successful but as soon as we got home we went to the range. His rifle would not fire. The firing pin hit the primer but would not ignite the primer or powder. It struck the primer but not hard enough to go off. We ended up taking the rifle back to the smith 4 times. He said my buddy had a head space issue every time the smith reloaded the rounds the gun fired and shot. My buddy was frustrated and didn't want to cause any issues so shipped the rifle to a different gun smith and had it chambered in a 300 Norma mag. The other gunsmith said the trigger was catching on the stock and not releasing properly there for the pin could not hit the primer hard enough. Well today my buddy took his gun to the range. He shot his first box of 50 with no issues. The second box the rifle hit the primer but would not ignite this is the second gunsmith on this rifle. We took the rifle back to the first gunsmith and he was ****ed that my buddy took his rifle to another gunsmith after 4 attempts. He said it was a head space issue with the 300 Norma. He put the go no go gauges in my buddies gun and the no go guage chambered. He said it was a head space issue and would fix my buddies gun for free. The thing is my buddie loaded bran new brass with the same load. Does anyone know what is going on?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TH, post: 987628, member: 1046"] I recommended a gunsmith for my buddy to build his first custom rifle. The gunsmith produced his rifle and it shot extremely well. When it shot it was chambered in a 7mm wildcat. My buddy shot it extremely well. When we went to wyoming for an elk hunt we were not successful but as soon as we got home we went to the range. His rifle would not fire. The firing pin hit the primer but would not ignite the primer or powder. It struck the primer but not hard enough to go off. We ended up taking the rifle back to the smith 4 times. He said my buddy had a head space issue every time the smith reloaded the rounds the gun fired and shot. My buddy was frustrated and didn't want to cause any issues so shipped the rifle to a different gun smith and had it chambered in a 300 Norma mag. The other gunsmith said the trigger was catching on the stock and not releasing properly there for the pin could not hit the primer hard enough. Well today my buddy took his gun to the range. He shot his first box of 50 with no issues. The second box the rifle hit the primer but would not ignite this is the second gunsmith on this rifle. We took the rifle back to the first gunsmith and he was ****ed that my buddy took his rifle to another gunsmith after 4 attempts. He said it was a head space issue with the 300 Norma. He put the go no go gauges in my buddies gun and the no go guage chambered. He said it was a head space issue and would fix my buddies gun for free. The thing is my buddie loaded bran new brass with the same load. Does anyone know what is going on? [/QUOTE]
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