Actually I was working on those again last evening finding my C.O.A.L. with a dummy cartridge. 2.445 was just kissing the rifling. I decided to mess around again with the feeding issue and discovered something that I should have figured out before
The magazine is long because it was built off a Mauser. If i keep the cartridge all the way in the back of the magazine, it feeds fine. It is only if it move up towards the front that it gets jammed when closing the bolt. I assume it is because it is a sharper angle. Now I only had one bullet, so I couldn't fill the magazine, but with what I found last evening it seems like I can have at least 2 shots! That excites me because that 230 grain bullet has a wicked meplat. Should absolutely be a hammer!