Hey all,
I recently loaded up some 200gr xpb over 46gr of Lil gun to hunt whitetail. COAL is 2.278. Hornady die crimped in the rear most band on the bullet to .474. Winchester SMR primers. Once fire Hornady brass tumbled in corn cob media. I'm shooting these in a Ruger ranch 16 inch. The issue I'm having is I can not eject an unfired shell once it has been chamber. Once the shot is fired, the shell ejects without issue. I have taken apart the extractor, cleaned it and the bolt face and the issue continues. Now the puzzling part, I am able to put an unfired factory Hornady custom, Hornady black, Federal fusion, and other hand loaded ammo into the gun and eject them without firing the shell. The only difference between any of the ammo that functions as it should and my xpb hand loads is the crimp. Does anyone have any idea as to what may be going on?
Thank you,
Ethan