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Bergera B14R Cases Stuck between Barrel/Receiver

b6graham

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  • Jul 29, 2014
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    Anyone had this happen to them?

    I've seen it happen twice now. Once spent case and once live
     

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    Mine did that a few times with spent cases til I fixed extraction issues.
    1500+ rounds since with zero failures.

     
    I had that happen when I slowly short stroked the bolt with a fresh mag installed. Its not a issue that the gun created more than the operator. Nowhere near as bad as that....you must've really hammered that bisch home

    I think I had it happen a second time when a spent case ejected out, hit my gamechanger bag (that I used as support in the center of the gun) and it dumped back in the reciever.

    One thing I personally dont like is how difficult it is to single feed a cartridge by hand. Its very easy to stick the cartridge in that dead space to the left of the chamber.

    I don't ever roll the gun over to the right to dump the super rare errant spent cartridges anymore. I drop the mag....insert/rattle my fingers into the reciever's ejection port....and push anything out the bottom. There's too many little places for the brass to hide or lay crooked. If your rushing the bolt with the mag inserted....your pushing another loaded cartridge into the newly created mess.

    Just drop the mag. Keep your follow up rounds prestine and not left accidentally laying on the ground during a stage because your fumbling led to ammo accidentally shucked onto the ground. I don't know of a situation where removing the ammo source is a bad thing when shit goes terribly wrong.
     
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    Just got clarification not me or my rifles but an observation from two different people/rifles at seperate matches

    I guess I'm just amazed they would leave a hole like that and that size. And somehow never had an issue during testing even though it seems somewhat common

    Has anyone filled the hole with something to prevent this from happening?
     
    I'm busy today but I will send that pic to Bergara and ask what I can fill the hole in with. I do not want that happening again.
    I suppose it was my awkwardness and poor position that caused the slow bolt manipulation, and did not/could not see inside so I just thought it was not feeding right and slammed it home. Thankfully it came out thanks to your pick Brandon. I'll be more careful
     
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    I'm busy today but I will send that pic to Bergara and ask what I can fill the hole in with. I do not want that happening again.
    I suppose it was my awkwardness and poor position that caused the slow bolt manipulation, and did not/could not see inside so I just thought it was not feeding right and slammed it home. Thankfully it came out thanks to your pick Brandon. I'll be more careful
    Pretty sure that hole is for your extractor, so filling it is a really bad idea.
     
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