Another thing, on the reproduction Winchesters, maybe others, a semi-wadcutter bullet will often catch on the chamber mouth requiring you to work with it to get it in the chamber. Round nose bullets work better.
It was just a mess. We only had one gunsmith in the area who even I was more skilled than and we couldn’t get satisfactory results. I much prefer my M1A and Mak90. Autos and bolt guns lime my No. 4 Mk. 1 in .303 seldom fail me