Thread: Tight chamber and marks on projectile

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

This thread has been interesting.

I have a new rifle and was gifted about 50 once fired cases, I ran these through my full length resizing die a couple of weeks ago. So today I decided to check they all chamber in the new rifle, I had about a dozen that would let the bolt close.

I ran these through the die again a couple of times and that left me with 5 that won't chamber enough to close the bolt so have put them aside. I can see nor measure any difference between those that will and those that won't chamber.

Sometimes things just won't work.

Had that with .308 before..s&b brass was terribly hard. My BLR seemed to have tightish chamber and dies on generous size...ended up pushing cases through an old Lyman 30/06 die with guts removed that seemed to work sides a bit more and half of them fitted after that treatment. Some still no good in BLR but fine in zastava bolt with its stronger camming action.