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Yeah, I think you are correct. Different gun, different chamber size.

Do you have any .308 snap caps? I bet those will fit just fine.
 
When a round is fired it expands to the exact size of the chamber. Every chamber is slightly different. Snap caps are designed to be spec so they can fit everyones chambers.
 
Yup. full length size em first. Most of the time that will do it. I have had times when even full length sizing did not bring the brass down enough to fit a second rifle. It can happen if rifle #1 has a close to maximum size chamber and rifle #2 has a minimum spec chamber. That is why I always dedicate brass to each individual rifle and never swap used brass between rifles. When sizing, always be sure to try the first case in the subject rifle before you size the whole run. Fit first, then go at it so you don't have 100 cases, (or loaded rounds) that do not function in your rifle.
 
Before you load them, FL size them and check the cases to see if they fit in your chamber. Sometimes even with FL sizing you can't get brass resized enough to fit another tighter chamber. Main issues are the diameter near the head, where the sizing die does little to nothing, and sometimes shoulder distance. This is why once fired brass is a poor start to reloading. If you have a quality gun, then you are money ahead to buy some good new Lapua brass, and get started right. The case consistency has a lot to do with accuracy.

Hirsch Precision sells Lapua. They may be close to you. Not sure where Lake Echo is in NS.

Hirsch Precision
 
I have heard of this before. It may be caused by the brass having been shot in another rifle. It can cause major problems if the difference in chamber size are dramatic. A guy I know once got his bolt locked in place by putting an empty case in this chamber that was fired out of another rifle. What a headache.
 
"...caused by the brass having been shot in another rifle..." Yep. They need to be full length resized. Applies even if your brother's rifle was a consecutively serial numbered M700.
 
Yes. This is standard. You can not use brass pre fired in one rifle in another rifle.

Your lucky you were able to get the bolt back out. Ive seen guys do this and hit the bolt so hard it knocked the handle off *700 bolts are brazed on*
 
Other rifle had a larger chamber then yours.

Resize brass and live happily ever after.

I use alot of 1F brass and with proper brass prep, it works just fine. A tight bolt close vs an easy one can be as little as 2 thou of case length difference so the rifles don't have to be much different to run into trouble.

Jerry
 
lgannon said:
I've read that 5r's usually have an OAL close to 2.800
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2,800'' would make a pretty short factory chamber for a 308win:confused:

So could you tell me where you read that? Because if it is true, then I should probably go buy a 5R!
 
So, I was a little off, it turns out, it's 2.895". I got this info from a review on the Frontier Firearms site on the same page as the 5r rifle info.
 
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