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I got around to loading a few dummy rounds to get my equipment set up, and got them within spec according to both of my manuals... the brass i have now was fired out of a different rifle (which i'm thinking to be the majority of the problem).
the first one would allow the bolt to travel all the way forward but will not turn down at all.
on the last one, the round will chamber... but when the lugs catch and begin to screw in, my necks are tight in the chamber, and is somewhat hard to put the bolt handle all the way down. i found that if i ran the brass through the sizer 2 or 3 times, it gave me some room. i can see marks on the head from the ejector rubbing, and small scratches on the neck from it turning in the chamber. After comparing the dimensions to a factory winchester round, my handloaded case averaged about .001-.002 larger... is one or two thousandths really enough to bind a round?
would the fact the rifle is brand new account for some of this?
i'm ordering a neck sizer tomorrow, so once i have brass fired out of my x-bolt, this shouldn't be a problem.
the first one would allow the bolt to travel all the way forward but will not turn down at all.
on the last one, the round will chamber... but when the lugs catch and begin to screw in, my necks are tight in the chamber, and is somewhat hard to put the bolt handle all the way down. i found that if i ran the brass through the sizer 2 or 3 times, it gave me some room. i can see marks on the head from the ejector rubbing, and small scratches on the neck from it turning in the chamber. After comparing the dimensions to a factory winchester round, my handloaded case averaged about .001-.002 larger... is one or two thousandths really enough to bind a round?
would the fact the rifle is brand new account for some of this?
i'm ordering a neck sizer tomorrow, so once i have brass fired out of my x-bolt, this shouldn't be a problem.