It appears this is a common problem. Using all my strength i was able to close the bolt one time on one of the winchester rounds. i will try other ammo. I need softpoint as i hope to use it on deer in the future. any softpoint ammo suggestions that might function beter in this rifle??
Had this problem with a m44 , I polished up the extractor a bit and that made a hairs difference , then what I did was jam a nail down in between the extractor and bolt head , pretty far , let it sit for awhile , that would make the problem a bit easier for awhile , I was tempted to bend the extractor some but figured that would not be a good idea , basiclly I feel your problem is an extractor that is to stiff and up agaisnt the bolt head to much , back it off somehow but a hair ... make that half a hair and you should see a difference