arjunky

Since the bolt lugs have been radiused it feeds perfect,and doesn't dent the other cases at all.

Sorry guys been working. I do appreciate all of your comments. The gunsmith radiused the lugs,and it chambers fine. I just wasn't happy with the dropping the bolt method on the magine,and yeah it fired but it still dented the next case as it cycled. Once the lugs were radiused it jumps the cases without any dents and works fine. The fatter case,and steep shoulder angle just didn't leave enough room for the bolt lugs to clear. The gun started life as a stock LR 308 it has since been rebarreled, jard adj single stage trigger,jp vtac 15.5 in hand guard,magpul prs stock. Has anyone had any luck with the criterion barrels? I haven't shot this gun but twice. I was too pissed off that it didn't charge with the bolt correctly,but I'm anxious to see what it will do with a 140gr amax and H4350. I'm gonna load it to hornady's specs.

I just had a criterion barrel put on my LR 308,head space was good,and barrel fit nicely. But when my gun smith tried to charge it with with a couple of rounds in the magazine the locking lugs caught the shoulder of the case. The only way to charge it was tolock the bolt back then put the magazine in and drop the bolt. I called DPMS to see if they used a modified bolt carrier or magazine for their 6.5 version. They told me that both were the same 308 components that I had in my gun and no feeding or charging problems. Does anyone have any suggestions to what might be happening with my gun? I was told by one fellow on another forum it may be as simple as radiusing the two bottom locking lugs on the bolt so it won't dig into the case. If anyone has an idea of how to fix this I would appreciate it.