Hello,
As my first reloading project, I loaded up 40 rounds for my 356 Winchester using BTB 200 Grainers and RCBS 200 grainers. I had a bit of trouble with the BTB's. I seated the bullets to the front cannulure and ran into a couple of problems. I had to seat to the front cannulre as it appears that there is very little chamber throat at all in my rifle(Big Bore 94)...if I seated any farther out it was hard to close the action. I could close it, but you had to give the lever some good pressure to get it to close and you can see the rifling marks really bearing on the bullets. Secondly, the bullets didn't want to feed right loaded to that length. They just seem to jump right up off of the lifter when you start the forward stroke and miss the chamber completly. I really wan't to use the BTB 200's if they shoot good in my gun. Does anyone have any suggestions? Sounds like this might be a common problem with these Winchesters and the profile of this bullet.
One other dumb beginner question: If the BTB's are really getting into the rifling when they are fully chambered..that will equal high pressure right and I want to stay away from that? A few of them were seated just a tad farther down for some reason and seemed to chamber ok...but still facing the feed problems.
Thanks for any help and thanks to all who have been so helpful in the past.
As my first reloading project, I loaded up 40 rounds for my 356 Winchester using BTB 200 Grainers and RCBS 200 grainers. I had a bit of trouble with the BTB's. I seated the bullets to the front cannulure and ran into a couple of problems. I had to seat to the front cannulre as it appears that there is very little chamber throat at all in my rifle(Big Bore 94)...if I seated any farther out it was hard to close the action. I could close it, but you had to give the lever some good pressure to get it to close and you can see the rifling marks really bearing on the bullets. Secondly, the bullets didn't want to feed right loaded to that length. They just seem to jump right up off of the lifter when you start the forward stroke and miss the chamber completly. I really wan't to use the BTB 200's if they shoot good in my gun. Does anyone have any suggestions? Sounds like this might be a common problem with these Winchesters and the profile of this bullet.
One other dumb beginner question: If the BTB's are really getting into the rifling when they are fully chambered..that will equal high pressure right and I want to stay away from that? A few of them were seated just a tad farther down for some reason and seemed to chamber ok...but still facing the feed problems.
Thanks for any help and thanks to all who have been so helpful in the past.