SmallCaliberCentral

Hello; I shoot a 20 x 222 Mag improved, 40* shoulder. It should be quite similar to a 204 improved. I shoot one in a Rem. 788 that I tried to modify the clips to feed out of. That did not work because of the shoulder angle and minimum body taper. Ended up converting to single shot push feed. Also sh...

your key holing issues turn out? did you find a solution? Please let us know, thank you.

Hi there; Couple of things come to mind here, major bore fouling is possible, but you stated the 32grn. & 34grns. shoot, so......? that. Another thing possible, but probable....? is a twist deviation in barrel that won't allow the longer 39grn. bullets to stabilize correctly or consistently. Don...

E.Tn.... Yes as stated earlier, the rifle was a Savage. My friend broke the rifle in and sighted it in with factory rounds, one box each of 32grns. and 40grns. The way we found the rough spot in the bore was I got to clean the rifle at the range when it started popping primers and bullets were key h...

E.Tn. Have to agree with the other poster that copper fouling is the prime suspect with your rifle key holing bullets. Long story short, shooting partner and friend had the same issue with his 204 Savage. Piercing primers, bullets key holing, groups opening up. What we found, rough spot in bore abou...