nipping the tips of my noslers off
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
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nipping the tips of my noslers off
hey guys,
i shoot a tikka t3 lite which is a great rifle.
it does however have one bad trait, it seems to mar the tips of my lead tipped nosler partitions from their normally cone shaped ends to a shaved off or kinked lead. as far as i can tell its happening when i chamber a cartridge but do not shoot it and eject it.
i'm curious if this is common, if its easily remedied and what it might cost to repair?
my other solution was to possibly switch to an accubond style cartridge instead.
i shoot a tikka t3 lite which is a great rifle.
it does however have one bad trait, it seems to mar the tips of my lead tipped nosler partitions from their normally cone shaped ends to a shaved off or kinked lead. as far as i can tell its happening when i chamber a cartridge but do not shoot it and eject it.
i'm curious if this is common, if its easily remedied and what it might cost to repair?
my other solution was to possibly switch to an accubond style cartridge instead.
Last edited by JohnnyHildo; 06-17-2013 at 04:47 AM.
#2
I believe it is probably happening upon ejection and not during feeding. The ejector spring has sufficient force to have the tip of the loaded cartridge hit the front of the ejector port on the receiver.
Polymer tips will solve this problem it you're that concerned about it. I don't see it as a problem.
Polymer tips will solve this problem it you're that concerned about it. I don't see it as a problem.
#3
I believe it is probably happening upon ejection and not during feeding. The ejector spring has sufficient force to have the tip of the loaded cartridge hit the front of the ejector port on the receiver.
Polymer tips will solve this problem it you're that concerned about it. I don't see it as a problem.
Polymer tips will solve this problem it you're that concerned about it. I don't see it as a problem.
#5
Fork Horn
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Location: Saskatchewan Canada
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thanks for the responses guys. over the course of the summer i'll be spending plenty of time at the range to test these stub-nosed cartridges against ones that have never been cycled through the firearm.
#7
Fork Horn
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where i really see this is when i load my magazine to walk a treeline or leave my blind, don't see anything and clear my chamber when i am getting back in the truck.
i do agree that its probably nothing but i just wanted to make sure it wasn't going to cause excessive bullet tumble or give my shot the same effect as the old sandpaper on the baseball trick.
#8
haha well at the range i definitely would shoot it!
where i really see this is when i load my magazine to walk a treeline or leave my blind, don't see anything and clear my chamber when i am getting back in the truck.
i do agree that its probably nothing but i just wanted to make sure it wasn't going to cause excessive bullet tumble or give my shot the same effect as the old sandpaper on the baseball trick.
where i really see this is when i load my magazine to walk a treeline or leave my blind, don't see anything and clear my chamber when i am getting back in the truck.
i do agree that its probably nothing but i just wanted to make sure it wasn't going to cause excessive bullet tumble or give my shot the same effect as the old sandpaper on the baseball trick.
Then do a 3 round group of the same shells, without ejecting i.e. straight out of the box and see if there is a noticeable difference.
#9
I watched the show "The Gun Nuts' last night and Dave intentionally deformed 5 lead tips. He fired a group with new tips and then another with the deformed tips. The deformed tips' group was twice the size of the ones that were not deformed. Now we are talking a 3/4" or so group up to about a 2" group. I don't think it is enough to worry about unless you are shooting long range.