Went chasing axis and pigs this weekend with the Creedmoor. I've been reloading the ELD-X since it came out and love it. I bought a box of the Precision Hunter to see how it shoots vs. my loads. I had several rounds stick in the chamber making it very hard to work the bolt to unload. They all came out with a little effort and all of them showed a ring on the bullet about 1/8" up from the case. I shot a couple jackrabbits and they worked fine with no issues, just unloading a live round.

Thoughts????

Sounds like they are jamming into the lands.

What kind of rifle are you using?

Savage

Would be odd to have factory ammo jamming in the lands on a factory rifle.

Do you have a comparator to measure from base to ogive so you could compare the rounds with some other factory rounds and your handloads?

Give Hornady a call and see what they have to say.

Would be odd for them to be intended that way. I don't think it would be odd for them to be a screw up. Like said if they are leaving markings on the bullet they are probably jamming measure the OAL if it is greater than spec I would contact the manufacturer.

what cartridge?

I have ran the 308 178g and 6.5 Creedmoor 140s with no problem

6.5

Shot some 7 RM precision hunter in my buddy's Rem 770 with zero issues. In fact, we were consistently shooting 1" groups at 100 yds. Not bad for a junk rifle and factory ammo.

The bullet is seated out a little too long, and is making contact with the rifling.

Reason 1,999 to load your own. I'm liking the ELD's too but haven't tested them game yet. I like berger too but had two deer run with no blood trail both shots were 2-3in behind the shoulders but still found them only ran 30 yards, all other deer DRT with bergers.