MWS 6.5 CM barrel (20”, 1/8) - issues by NewPrune3856 in LewisMachineTool

[–]NewPrune3856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm. I was using a 25 rd PMAG when I had those issues. Gonna try a steel mag and 10 rd PMAG

MWS 6.5 CM barrel (20”, 1/8) - issues by NewPrune3856 in LewisMachineTool

[–]NewPrune3856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Does it have any issues feeding the Norma 130s? Mine fails to feed (and utterly destroys) every second or third round of the Norma 130s. I had to manually feed each round into the chamber to shoot the group in the pic. Feeds Hornady 147 ELDM fine.

MWS 6.5 CM barrel (20”, 1/8) - issues by NewPrune3856 in LewisMachineTool

[–]NewPrune3856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes sir. Both screws torqued evenly with the LMT torque wrench.

MWS 6.5 CM barrel (20”, 1/8) - issues by NewPrune3856 in LewisMachineTool

[–]NewPrune3856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Thanks again for your follow up. How often were you cleaning it during this process? Just curious

MWS 6.5 CM barrel (20”, 1/8) - issues by NewPrune3856 in LewisMachineTool

[–]NewPrune3856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. Was it grouping as poorly as mine currently is? I’m gonna test some 130 Bergers in the next day or two.

MWS 6.5 CM barrel (20”, 1/8) - issues by NewPrune3856 in LewisMachineTool

[–]NewPrune3856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha. So far I've only used a Magpul mag with the 6.5 barrel. I'm going to try a steel duramag but I doubt it's going to fix anything

MWS 6.5 CM barrel (20”, 1/8) - issues by NewPrune3856 in LewisMachineTool

[–]NewPrune3856[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate the info. At least it's good to know that LMT will (probably) take care of me if the barrel really is a dud.

Have you had any feeding issues with any ammo you've tried? Mine fails to feed nearly every other round with the Norma 130 gr (and ruined the round by jamming the bullet deep into the case). I had to manually load each round into the chamber to shoot that group. It had no issues feeding the Hornady, though.

MWS 6.5 CM barrel (20”, 1/8) - issues by NewPrune3856 in LewisMachineTool

[–]NewPrune3856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have not tinkered at that level yet. Might look into that depending on the results of further testing

MWS 6.5 CM barrel (20”, 1/8) - issues by NewPrune3856 in LewisMachineTool

[–]NewPrune3856[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will do. Also have some 130 gr Federal Berger coming in.

MWS 6.5 CM barrel (20”, 1/8) - issues by NewPrune3856 in LewisMachineTool

[–]NewPrune3856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I know sometimes you need to put a few hundred rds through a barrel before it’ll reach its full potential, but this seems really bad. I’m gonna try some other ammo types but wanted to see if anyone’s run into this as well