Case Length for 6.5x55 ??

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I just picked up another 6.5x55. This one is a Voere 98 Mauser action. My full length resized reloaded cartridges Win. brass, for my 96 Swedish Mauser resist chambering. I first thought it may have a tight chamber and needed the shoulder bumped back a bit.
This did not fix the problem. Then I thought the cases needed to be trimmed. One of my manuals says 2.165 " Max, Trim to 2.155". I had to trim to around 2.149 . I have an old Dominion factory 6.5x55 in my cartridge collection it has what looks to be a crimped 160 gr bullet. This slides into the Voere effortlessly. The case on this crimped brass measures 2.097 to 2.094.Why would this be? Any comments on this?? Thanks
 
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Not a problem I have come across yet I am happy to say, I am curious though as to how you solve this problem, is it poorly resized brass?
 
mmattockx said:
SAAMI says 6.5x55 max case length is 2.165", so it sounds like this rifle has an out of spec chamber or the Euros ran things shorter for whatever reason.


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There was an attempt at standardising amongst the Scandinavian countries on a target round. It was basically a tighter tolerance chamber and was known as 6.5 Skan. No sure if this rifle is chambered in this calibre but its worth checking

http://archives.petersenshunting.com/content/65x55-swedish-mauser

http://stevespages.com/jpg/cd65x55skan.jpg

http://stevespages.com/jpg/cd65x55swedishmauser.jpg
The Skan is slightly longer!
 
I would fist make sure the brass a correctly full sized and try a case with candle soot on it to figure where it's tight, I know the diameter of the euro brass got a bigger head than the american one, about 7 or 8 thou. but I dont know if than can be an issue in your case....
 
In an attempt to bump the shoulder back more I took about 1or 2 thous off the shell holder. At some point I examined the edge of the neck and it looked like some shinny spots on the edge and I assumed the case was to long for the chamber Anyway, why did the old Dominion factory road measure 2.97 to 2.94?
 
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