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  1. knighthawk

    Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles

    Re: Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles I just used a standard patch with oil and without any copper solvent. I will try to take a good pic of it.
  2. knighthawk

    Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles

    Re: Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles The particles are blank steel. I heard something like that before in this thread. somebody had also metallic abrasion on his cleaning patches. does anyone know about the reason of that?
  3. knighthawk

    Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles

    Re: Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles Last week my Rem 700 338LM MLR rifle went back to the dealer and due to manufacturing failures of the barrel I get a new one. After shooting the new rifle I detected metallic particles on the cleaning patches. Does anyone know if it's common to have...
  4. knighthawk

    Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles

    Re: Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles Yes that's true headspace must be checked. Due to this the rifle is already at the importer but I haven't heard anything from him by now. Temperatures were about 64°F and not very high. I know double-base powders are sensitive so I purchased fresh...
  5. knighthawk

    Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles

    Re: Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles I use a Lyman digital powder system an after the first shooting every remaining round was took apart and the amount of powder was checked with a dillon scale and it was correct by 0.1grs. fouling was not seen and also the chamber was clean and good...
  6. knighthawk

    Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles

    Re: Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles Thanks for your posts. Yes I'm from Germany. Brass is from Lapua Bullets: Lapua 250 grs Powder: vihtavuori N560 Primers: CCI I started with a moderate load of 78grs. and OAL of 92mm. Strange was that the cases of the first rounds showed marks...
  7. knighthawk

    Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles

    Re: Remington 700 Police 338 Lapua rifles Hi, last week my Rem 700P .338 MLR arrived but after 5 shots it was impossible to open the bolt. My gunsmith opened it and several bad things appeared. first the bottom of the cartridge case was deformed like having to much chamber pressure and second...