brand new brass loaded up , shoots excellent , loads and feeds great bolt closes nice
once i resize it , loaded up 5 rounds and couldn't get the bolt handle to go down, double check to see if still 100 tho off the lands , it was all good ,
then i thought must have super tight chamber , checked again and all good , then i thought i must not be pushing the shoulder back enough , so i resized with a full down to be 100% sure on them being full lenght sized ,
so i was at a loss , couldn't figure it out after reloading for 35 years, called a buddy who has the same 9.3x62 and on the phone , couldnt figure what it was , so i mailed him 10 rounds that i shot and resized , and 2 that were shot and sized ounce and loaded,
when he got them , same thing, they wouldn't load in his rifle , so this made me think i had a bad die , i was using a Hornady and he had a RCBS die , so he went and sized one again and loaded it and the same thing happened again ,with his die , would not close the bolt , now both of us stumped
it came down to just eliminating one step at a time , it had to be the brass , brand new norma brass , 100 bulk i got , when loaded the first time , no troubles at all , feeds and bolt opens and feeds and closes and feeds , empty case pulls out easy , something was happening to the brass and only after firing and only after a full length size , after some light down in the brass we noticed a small small round ring at the base of the neck , we took a drill bit and removed the ring of brass , then loaded the round and it feed perfect , this was the cause of the trouble
after fired and a full length size , the brass got a ring inside down at base of neck , which when a round was seated it was just enough to push the brass out to be super tight in the chamber , on research its called a dough or doughnut ring ,
So now the fix ,
i tried a few with a nice drill bit , not really liking how they looking on the inside of the necks , some stuff i found on the internet is reamers , just cant find one for the 9.3x62 , next was a way of doing a trim on the insides of the necks , some benchrest shooters do this
anyone else have this happen and any opinions on best way to fix this Norma brass , remove that little round ring of brass in the case neck
once i resize it , loaded up 5 rounds and couldn't get the bolt handle to go down, double check to see if still 100 tho off the lands , it was all good ,
then i thought must have super tight chamber , checked again and all good , then i thought i must not be pushing the shoulder back enough , so i resized with a full down to be 100% sure on them being full lenght sized ,
so i was at a loss , couldn't figure it out after reloading for 35 years, called a buddy who has the same 9.3x62 and on the phone , couldnt figure what it was , so i mailed him 10 rounds that i shot and resized , and 2 that were shot and sized ounce and loaded,
when he got them , same thing, they wouldn't load in his rifle , so this made me think i had a bad die , i was using a Hornady and he had a RCBS die , so he went and sized one again and loaded it and the same thing happened again ,with his die , would not close the bolt , now both of us stumped
it came down to just eliminating one step at a time , it had to be the brass , brand new norma brass , 100 bulk i got , when loaded the first time , no troubles at all , feeds and bolt opens and feeds and closes and feeds , empty case pulls out easy , something was happening to the brass and only after firing and only after a full length size , after some light down in the brass we noticed a small small round ring at the base of the neck , we took a drill bit and removed the ring of brass , then loaded the round and it feed perfect , this was the cause of the trouble
after fired and a full length size , the brass got a ring inside down at base of neck , which when a round was seated it was just enough to push the brass out to be super tight in the chamber , on research its called a dough or doughnut ring ,
So now the fix ,
i tried a few with a nice drill bit , not really liking how they looking on the inside of the necks , some stuff i found on the internet is reamers , just cant find one for the 9.3x62 , next was a way of doing a trim on the insides of the necks , some benchrest shooters do this
anyone else have this happen and any opinions on best way to fix this Norma brass , remove that little round ring of brass in the case neck
