my tikka is messing up the end of my bullets

[ibhuntng]

when i work the bolt and the bullets push up out of the magazine, they are getting bugered up on the end. any ideas on whats causing it??

[bigblue]

Four things come to mind, but first let me ask if this happens with handloads, factory loads, or both? Has it always happened or is it something that just started happening? My first thought is the possibility that the magazine isn't seating properly or deep enough into the receiver and the bullets are hitting the edge of the feed ramp. Tikka rifles don't have a feed ramp built into the magazine, but rather built into the receiver. Second would be that the bullets could be seated to the wrong length for that rifle. Many handloads have to be loaded to a length that accommodates the length of the magazine. The third thing that comes to mind is the feed ramp itself. If for some reason or another the feed ramp has a spur or rough spot on it, that could cause your problem. Lastly it could be a problem with the magazine itself. The magazine follower may be pushing the rounds up at an angle that forces the bullets to face down more than they should. That would most likely be due to a spring problem in the magazine,
Don

[ibhuntng]

they are hand loads. i have them the length that the reloading manual say to. it may have been doing it the whole time ive had it. ive only shot it off the bench up until last weekend. i just bought it back in the spring.