Thread: Resized Cartridges Won't Chamber

Originally Posted by Jaco Goosen

There's a ton of things that could cause the problems.

Lets start by measuring a the headspace length on a case fired in the Savage and compare it to that of a case fired in the Howa and them to a sized case.

Measured from the bottom of the case to the datum line.

Do yourself a favour and measure fired cases from both chambers and a sized case and compare them to each other.

Next up: the fact that only some of the cases wouldn't close, indicates spring back after sizing. This can be addressed by annealing and letting the case sit 2 seconds at the top of the cycle during sizing.

I had this problem. Consider using some emery to grind a tad off the top of the shell holder. This will allow you to screw the die in a bit more.