Guns that only cycle discontinued ammo

[Phantom]

Someone I know told me that their gun only cycles Remington factory 7mm Rem Ultra Mag, but it's discontinued. The only guy he found who has it in stock wants $400 for a box of 20 rounds.

Anyone else ever have a problem like that before  with a Remington rifle .  I mean is it possible that his gun only Cycles that particular  brand of ammo he said he tried other brands and it wouldn't extract for some reason .

[mowin]

5 minutes ago, Phantom said:

Someone I know told me that their gun only cycles Remington factory 7mm Rem Ultra Mag, but it's discontinued. The only guy he found who has it in stock wants $400 for a box of 20 rounds.

Anyone else ever have a problem like that before  with a Remington rifle .  I mean is it possible that his gun only Cycles that particular  brand of ammo he said he tried other brands and it wouldn't extract for some reason .

Kinda a weird post, and nothing recent. .. And who in their right mind would pay $400 for 20 rounds. Just sell the rifle 

[Phantom]

8 minutes ago, mowin said:

Kinda a weird post, and nothing recent. .. And who in their right mind would pay $400 for 20 rounds. Just sell the rifle 

I know thats  what I told him or keep trying different brands I mean somebody's got to make something that works with that gun I would think right.

[Phantom]

Just now, Phantom said:

I know thats  what I told him or keep trying different brands I mean somebody's got to make something that works with that gun I would think right.

He said he's got one box and a half of that ammo  left. I told him get rid of it or start hand loading the stuff with the spent cases

[Phantom]

12 minutes ago, mowin said:

Kinda a weird post, and nothing recent. .. And who in their right mind would pay $400 for 20 rounds. Just sell the rifle 

I thought it was nuts that it only cycles that brand of  ammo .

[Phantom]

I posted it because I have never heard of that before. However, I know that there are people on here who buy and sell a lot more guns than I do. I'm just wondering if anybody else has experienced that problem before and how common it is.

[G-man]

Give gun to gunsmith and have them fix issue  extractor  is  probably rounded . 

[mowin]

14 minutes ago, Phantom said:

I posted it because I have never heard of that before. However, I know that there are people on here who buy and sell a lot more guns than I do. I'm just wondering if anybody else has experienced that problem before and how common it is.

And as I said, kinda a weird post after such a break from posting.  Don't see this on hny? 

[Phantom]

12 minutes ago, mowin said:

And as I said, kinda a weird post after such a break from posting.  

Well, it's something I have never heard happening to anybody before, so I figured I would post it.

[Phantom]

25 minutes ago, mowin said:

And as I said, kinda a weird post after such a break from posting.  Don't see this on hny? 

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[Larry]

Why would a bolt gun have a problem cycling any factory ammo. All factory ammo has to meet sam specifications and so does all parts of the gun.

[mowin]

1 minute ago, Larry said:

Why would a bolt gun have a problem cycling any factory ammo. All factory ammo has to meet sam specifications and so does all parts of the gun.

Yep.. don't make sense..

[G-man]

6 hours ago, Larry said:

Why would a bolt gun have a problem cycling any factory ammo. All factory ammo has to meet sam specifications and so does all parts of the gun.

Cause the bolt extractor  is screwed  up  take it to gun Smith they can send to factory or fix.

[Larry]

Not my gun if it were I could fix it myself. The other thing is I wouldn't waste my time or money on such an over bore rifle that can burn a barrel out in 500 rounds. When a 7-08 or a 308 will kill most anything most of us are going to hunt. Have you seen how much power that thing eats.

[Phantom]

33 minutes ago, Larry said:

Not my gun if it were I could fix it myself. The other thing is I wouldn't waste my time or money on such an over bore rifle that can burn a barrel out in 500 rounds. When a 7-08 or a 308 will kill most anything most of us are going to hunt. Have you seen how much power that thing eats.

 

"It's not my gun, but I have seen it before. I was going to tell him that it's possible the gun is dirty and needs to be cleaned. Maybe something crap  got into the extractor, but I wasn't sure. decided not to say anything because I didn't want to offend the guy. He has been hunting for over 40 years, and he probably would have gotten upset if I had mentioned it, as if he were a beginner."  If it was my gun the first thing i would do is take the bolt out and clean  it .  Could be that the tolerance is just so tight on the gun that any little fouling makes it malfunction  possibly. Maybe when I see him again I'm going to tell him to do that anyway if he gets mad he gets mad .

Edited October 23, 2023 by Phantom