Difficulty Retracting Bolt

[.308ltr]

Just got off the phone with the smith. He said he looked at the primary extracting issue and that the bolt appears to be properly timed. Goin with a Hart #5 contour 1:10 twist stainless fluted match grade barrel and trued up action. Thanks again for all the responses. The videos really helped my nube brain understand.

 

[buck52]

3 years ago I bought a brand new Sauer .308, after dealing with the gunsmith I took it, with a couple of different boxes of ammo to his 100 yd range.

After firing the first round I could not draw the bolt back, the gunsmith eventually got it open and checked the barrel, it turned out that the chamber was not perfectly round.
New barrel the next day and all was well!