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Years ago I had a 458" Pac-Nor barrel on a Rem 700 ML. that acted the same way. I had ordered it for a friend in chrome moly to match his blued action. Once I received it and got it head spaced correctly I sent it off to be mirror polished and blued. It was a thing of beauty. Once I fitted a nice piece of walnut to it I scoped it and took it out to sight it in.
I smooth sized a handful of Parker B.E. 275 gr. bullets and used H4198 powder along with Federal 209 primers with a veggie wad. On the first shot only the primer went off, so I pulled the breechplug and pushed the bullet out. The powder was clumped together looking kid of sticky. I tried everything I had on hand that day and the best I could get was a Hornady 225 gr. flex tip bullet shot out about 10 feet and hit the dirt.. I also had another gun on hand that day using the same powder and primers and performed flawlessly. I did notice when pushing the bullet down the barrel that would not fire there were a few tight spots.
The next day or so I called Pac-Nor with my problem and sent it back. about two weeks later Casey called me and said the barrel had an inconsistent spots of .0001" and they replaced it. I received a bbl. but it was un blued and I had too have the bbl. polished and blued, but the new bbl. worked as it should.
Speed the clock up 12 years or so, I would slug the bore from breech end feeling for loose spots and then again from the muzzle end. If everything seems good I would try a bushing with a larger opening, 035" try shooting just a primer after dark and see how much flame you get coming out of the bbl. If you see a foot of flame, it's not the breechplug or the primer. I always use Federal magnum primers.
Just to give it every chance you should have about 30 lbs. of pressure while pushing the bullet down on a fouled bore. To get the bore fouled without shooting powder, just fire a few primers only that should do it. Set the butt on a bathroom scale while pushing the bullet down the bore until you get the feel of it.
After all that, I would contact the place you purchased it and have them look into your issue. Good Luck!!
I smooth sized a handful of Parker B.E. 275 gr. bullets and used H4198 powder along with Federal 209 primers with a veggie wad. On the first shot only the primer went off, so I pulled the breechplug and pushed the bullet out. The powder was clumped together looking kid of sticky. I tried everything I had on hand that day and the best I could get was a Hornady 225 gr. flex tip bullet shot out about 10 feet and hit the dirt.. I also had another gun on hand that day using the same powder and primers and performed flawlessly. I did notice when pushing the bullet down the barrel that would not fire there were a few tight spots.
The next day or so I called Pac-Nor with my problem and sent it back. about two weeks later Casey called me and said the barrel had an inconsistent spots of .0001" and they replaced it. I received a bbl. but it was un blued and I had too have the bbl. polished and blued, but the new bbl. worked as it should.
Speed the clock up 12 years or so, I would slug the bore from breech end feeling for loose spots and then again from the muzzle end. If everything seems good I would try a bushing with a larger opening, 035" try shooting just a primer after dark and see how much flame you get coming out of the bbl. If you see a foot of flame, it's not the breechplug or the primer. I always use Federal magnum primers.
Just to give it every chance you should have about 30 lbs. of pressure while pushing the bullet down on a fouled bore. To get the bore fouled without shooting powder, just fire a few primers only that should do it. Set the butt on a bathroom scale while pushing the bullet down the bore until you get the feel of it.
After all that, I would contact the place you purchased it and have them look into your issue. Good Luck!!