Basically I had my smith put this rifle together using a charles daly action. He did everything except the finishing.

When I got it back from I double checked the feeding with dummy rounds and it fed great, no problems.

I sent it out to a place for a cerakote finish and now when I try to chamber the dummies, the round comes up at a extreme angle and the bullet hits the face of the bbl shank.

I'm at a loss. The COL of the round is 3.185" with speer 270's. I even tried different bottom metal w/spring and follower.

What am I missing? Both places do great work but something isnt mixing here.

This rifle has been a thorn in my side from day one so now its a personal thing.

Thanks and I hope one of you gun guru's can help me out. I know its difficult since the rifle isnt in front of you.

First make sure it's your action. Then make sure everything is assembled exactly the way you had previously tested the feeding when it last worked. Unless it has a completely different magazine assembly, then the problem could be with the follower. Like maybe it came back with a different one. Talk to the shop who finished the gun to see if someone else ended up with a gun the doesn't feed.

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Originally posted by Westpac:
First make sure it's your action. Then make sure everything is assembled exactly the way you had previously tested the feeding when it last worked. Unless it has a completely different magazine assembly, then the problem could be with the follower. Like maybe it came back with a different one. Talk to the shop who finished the gun to see if someone else ended up with a gun the doesn't feed.

Westpac is right, it's not unheard of to find that parts have been swapped whether by accident or design.