I know the feeling. You did much better than me when I was struggling to get my gun to run well and breaking bolt stops. I went through 4. They are easy to replace. VGW will give you the parts for free. The permanent fix is to send the action back to VGW for a tiny bit of machine work that allows for a revised, larger, stronger bolt stop. After 4 broken bolt stops, I sent mine back for the mod. No issues since. While I didn’t punch myself in the face with the bolt, I launched mine over my shoulder into the gravel behind me AT NATIONALS. Cost me two stages while I got it fixed.
I was using Eley Tenex ammo and the wax on that ammo is very thick and sticky and builds up in the magazine feed lips and causes the rounds to not feed properly. This issue is resolved with modification to the feeding lips but I didn't do that because I usually shoot Lapua Center X ammo and I was only using the Eley ammo because I didn't have any of my own ammo to shoot the match with. The Vudoo 360 is the best rifle I have ever shot but the bolt release has been known to snap off and unfortunately I run my bolt very hard..
I've never dropped my rifle before. The original Vudoo 360 bolt release was under designed and is bound to fail eventually. The updated bolt release fixed the problem
I know the feeling. You did much better than me when I was struggling to get my gun to run well and breaking bolt stops. I went through 4. They are easy to replace. VGW will give you the parts for free. The permanent fix is to send the action back to VGW for a tiny bit of machine work that allows for a revised, larger, stronger bolt stop. After 4 broken bolt stops, I sent mine back for the mod. No issues since. While I didn’t punch myself in the face with the bolt, I launched mine over my shoulder into the gravel behind me AT NATIONALS. Cost me two stages while I got it fixed.
That bolt face punch was amazing lol
It did leave a bruise 🤣
So what were the magazine issues? Looking at a voodoo but this doesn’t make it look great… that and the bolt release!
I was using Eley Tenex ammo and the wax on that ammo is very thick and sticky and builds up in the magazine feed lips and causes the rounds to not feed properly. This issue is resolved with modification to the feeding lips but I didn't do that because I usually shoot Lapua Center X ammo and I was only using the Eley ammo because I didn't have any of my own ammo to shoot the match with. The Vudoo 360 is the best rifle I have ever shot but the bolt release has been known to snap off and unfortunately I run my bolt very hard..
Have you dropped your rifle before and were able to fix it? My 457 slid of the bench yesterday and the bolt broke off :(
I've never dropped my rifle before. The original Vudoo 360 bolt release was under designed and is bound to fail eventually. The updated bolt release fixed the problem
I’ve never seen anyone anywhere run a bolt that hard, smooth is fast and fast is smooth, I don’t see anything holding up to that kind of slamming
Haha I have been told that I run bolts hard 😅
@@SouthEastQueenslandShooters very probably the hardest I’ve ever seen lol
I've never seen someone use the zoom level that much....
It's something I plan on working on for future matches. I definitely fiddle way too much with that lever