case problem?

[twidds]

I have just started reloading and I have knowked the spent primers out of some older 270 casings (winchester brand ammo. 130 gr) but the bullets I have purchase (130 gr. remington) do not fit in the opening, they are too big. My case should have resized when I punched the primer out i think. I am using rcbs dies but I am not sure why the bullet is too big or the opening too small. So after I ran into this problem I was going to reload 22-250 and the same thing happened, the 3 types of bullets (40 gr. nozzler, 52 grain hornady, and 55 gr. sierra) would not fit into the new winchester cases I just picked up at wholesale. Is this a winchester problem or am I missing a step in the reloading process. My bullets are .224 diam for the 250 and .277 for the 270 so that should be correct.

 

[sunray]

Did you trim your cases and chamfer the inside of the case mouth? Your bullets are fine. And so are your dies. Bullet seating is sort of a press fit. The seating die will push the bullet in. The chamfering makes it easier.

 

[maynard]

You shouldn't be able to push the bullets in by hand. The bullets are not too big nor is your brass too small. They are a press fit using your seating die.
Re-read your manuals.

 

[twidds]

OK I checked the book again and saw my mistake, when determining seating depth of your bullet, the bullet should fit easily into a fired cartridge not a resized one. Once you know the seating depth you want do you just load a few and adjust your seating dye accordingly or is there a measurement you can do beforehand that will give you the right depth the first time.