Rem700LTR .308 EXTREMELY picky with brass!

[ceriksson]

Well after firing off a good 50 rounds at the range I ended up reloading a good 100rds of ammunition

In the brass I used, I had winchester, ww super, remington, and federal.

They were all sized, seated, primed, etc all the same, but here is the wierd part.

Some of them don't fit into my gun properly at all.

Winchester: great no problem.
WW Super: will chamber but tight.
Federal: will chamber but very tight, some not at all.
Remington: some barely chamber some wont at all.

Anyone else experience this problem?

Some of the brass though I think is shot because my uncle tried to chamber it in a different .308 and it wouldn't go in either.

 

[Bishopus]

Did you trim the fired brass to length? It sounds like some of those rounds may have 'stretched', and exceed the (probably very tight) chamber dimensions on your LTR.

 

[joe-nwt]

Different brands of brass bounce back differently after sizing. You may have a tight chamber and a generous size die. Borrow a size die from someone, or maybe go with a small base die.

 

[SuperCub]

Was any of this brass fired in another rifle?

I have had problems in the past getting brass fired in one rifle, even after FLR, to fit in another gun. Not always, but it does happen.

For the most part, I have switched to using new brass and keeping it just for one rifle instead of using brass from another rifle.



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[9mikemike]

Try a small base die, I had to do that with my Ruger M77 7mmMag. It went through 3 owners before we figured out the problem.

 

[lcq]

I didn't hear trim in the case prep either.

Brian

 

[maynard]

Get a Redding body die and you can run your loaded rounds through them. Saves pulling the bullets and resizing them all. Other then that throw the brass out and start off with a fresh batch.

 

[ceriksson]

Yea, alot of great answers here, thanks guys.

1. The ones that worked the best were the brass that were newer and had only been fired in my rifle. the others were fired in other rifles.

2. I didn't trim them no, which I will likely do now, plus get new brass.

3. It is pretty much a learning process for this rifle as it has so many quirks (like a little child really) Now I know what it thinks about brass.

 

[sunray]

"...didn't trim them..." That'd do it. You don't need new brass. You just need to trim all your brass to the same length and use a full length sizer die for brass fired in other rifles.

 

[guntech]

Mixing makes of brass and using brass fired in other rifles is not the best combination for accuracy.

Different makes of brass may require a different load for accuracy as well as it may change point of impact......

Brass fired in other rifles will definitely require full length sizing and setting the die to match your chamber carefully... and as previoulsy mentioned different makes of brass spring back differently, so the brass should be sorted by make and kept separated and whjen loaded the sizing die set for each make of brass if required.

 

[ceriksson]

Yea, I resized them this morning a little more thuroughly. they all fit fine now. I will probably go buy some fresh brass next time I make it to the store.

 

[Airborn_69]

For my LTR or Savage 10FP, (Best) Hornady TAP slides like butter..the (Worst) I got was IVI reloads, took me a while to open the action with numerous attempts.

 

[ceriksson]

Good to know, I'll check the TAP out, where is the best place to get that?

 

[Airborn_69]

P&D Enterprises had some but me & my buddies cleaned them out..Heard Wholesalesports had a few but you know them they may or may not have them in stock..