I've been working on a Century re-build that I inherited from my father. So far, I've confirmed the two piece firing pin, swapped the 7mm bolt for a 30-06 with the stop and am trying to select the right height front sight (original low, first try over corrected high).

My question is about ammo - I managed to get some Yugoicon sniper 8mm gassed right, but the 198 gr Privi came back pretty dinged including what I assume is an ejector mark. This is with the gas vent fully opened.

I'm guessing this pretty much rules out further use of this load in this rifle - are there other commercial loads that won't over gas these things?
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