Bullet pic up

[threeforthree]

If my clip is not perfect, it will not pic up the shell. Its a new savage 223,by this picture do you think there is enough bolt picking shell up?

[elkhunter11]

How much does the bolt clear the magazine by?

[Dean2]

It is a little hard to tell from the picture but that does not, at least from this angle, look like the gun and mag are set up correctly. If the gun is new I would send it to Savage and get it fixed. The mag lips seem to be sitting too high up in the well and the cartridge seem to be sitting too far down in the mag. Easiest would be to try another mag but it could also be the way the mag is being held into the mag well.

[highland]

You could try bending the lips apart. Make very small adjustments and try it again as you adjust. It doesn't take much to a big difference.