New Browning X-Bolt 2 Hunter model wont eject\open bolt after 20 rounds.

[sammaz]

I have 20 rounds through my new Browning X-Bolt 2 Hunter model in WinMag 300. After firing the 20th shot the bolt wont open to eject the spent round. It seems the bolt wont roll all the away open and just keeps cocking the firing pin when it cycles.

Any suggestions? This is my one hunting rifle :/

 

[grfox92]

Was there heavy bolt lift on the first 19? Was there difficulty ejector before the 20th?

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[sammaz]

Rubber Mallet tap to the bolt handle forced it to fully rotate and eject!....There was a small bit that was left to rotate that was stuck.

Yes on the heavy lift on the first 19. but there was no problem with the ejection when it did hit full rotation.

Going back to the range in a few to shoot some more.

 

[Weldor]

Caliber? ammo type. 20 hard bolt lifts? Did you degrease it from the factory, chamber , barrel ETC?

 

[sammaz]

WinMag 300 Nossler 180gr

From the factory ran patches down the barrel to remove any factory oil prior to first shots...then after 5 rounds cleared copper fouling and repeated until no copper fouling was found. Then the bolt stuck. I did not remove or add any grease to\from the bolt

 

[Weldor]

Is the chamber dry? I've had hard bolt lifts with residual oil or bore cleaner left in the chamber. I always use acetone with a swab to wipe the chamber before shooting. Just a thought.

 

[sammaz]

I did use a gun cleaning q-tip stick to check the fouling on the face of the bolt...didnt find much there

 

[TaperPin]

What a shocker.
If it happens again, running a cleaning rod down the muzzle and “bouncing” it on the stuck case while applying hand pressure to the bolt is much less likely to damage the bolt handle or crack the ejector. If someone were to take a rifle to a gunsmith to get a stuck case out that’s what they would do.