Feeding question

[caster456]

I loaded up 20 rounds of 30-06. All cases where trimmed and all are once fired. I chambered each round to see how they would feed and I found 4 that were really tight in the chamber. Are these safe to fire? I can cycle the action and chamber the next round. Has anyone had this happen before?


Any info would be great.

C

 

[crazydave]

Were all the once fired cases fired in the same rifle? If not your rifle may have a tighter chamber than the rifle the cases came from.

 

[smak_daddy]

Was the brass full length sized or neck sized?

 

[caster456]

All the brass was FL case sized,but not all the brass was onced fired from this rifle.

 

[iceman2]

Try running them through your resizing die again, maybe you short stroked them and not completely resized.

 

[smak_daddy]

If you full length sized, it doesn't matter if they were fired in different rifles.

Make sure you have the resizing die screwed in to the proper length. I had mine set at the wrong position and my brass were getting stuck in my AR.

If the die is in to far, you will crumple the brass slightly. If you have the die not in far enough, you will not resize the brass completely.

 

[caster456]

If you full length sized, it doesn't matter if they were fired in different rifles.

Make sure you have the resizing die screwed in to the proper length. I had mine set at the wrong position and my brass were getting stuck in my AR.

If the die is in to far, you will crumple the brass slightly. If you have the die not in far enough, you will not resize the brass completely.

Thanks ill check the dies to make sure everything is set right.

C