Ibougth a custom mauser 1909 with a douglas premiun barrel in 243 for my son and i have several probles first is a bit hard to close the bolt second with ks ponits and reloads function well with good accuracy but with another points doesnt ,im just beggining to test it but i a little worried if someone whats to know the exactly reodas i can say but.... what do you think .Juan

Does the bolt close hard when chambering live ammunition or when closing on an empty chamber?

Hi Juan,
Having a little problem understanding.
1) You say the bolt is hard to close. Look at the shoulder of the round after it has been chambered, does it look different from a new round?
2)What kind of bullet is a KS point? Are you saying that it shoots well with this type of bullet or are you saying that it has troubles chambering a round with anything else?
3) What does reodas mean?
4)Do you know the person that rebarreled the weapon? Are they competent?

Are you feeding the cartridges from the magazine? Are the loads that are hard to close the bolt on reloads?

mausers must be feeded from magazines and yes they are reloads tommorrow ill try every kind of ammo .Juan

Rich teorically is one of the bests of the country ,no the cases dont have any mark after being shooted ,reloads is the correct word .Juan

It closes hard empty and with the reloads is harder .Juan

Sounds to me that the brass is stretching...

I'd trim the brass and see how it chambers then...

Measure it to begin with and see how it compares to the length of a new case...

I know , as I have been there and done that....

cheers
seafire

I did this and i discovered the problem, the ammo wasnt reload for my rifle ,with another bullets included german ks points i make one hole groups at 100mts .Juan

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Originally posted by juanpozzi:
I did this and i discovered the problem, the ammo wasnt reload for my rifle ,with another bullets included german ks points i make one hole groups at 100mts .Juan

Che Juan,
So what is a "ks" point? I have hunted in Cordoba some years past. Great bird shooting and some of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Germans.

Juan:

Do you reload your own ammo??

IF so, set the dies a tiny bit tighter and try it. Make sure the chamber is clean first.

Might try painting a cartridge with a black felt tip marker before chambering it. That'll show you any tight spots.

IF it's tight closing when empty and the action is very clean. Better have a good gunsmith check it over before shooting. Might be something wrong in there that could cost you an eye. Sure not worth that.

Good luck,

George