Slight binding when closing action.
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These 110s are short but being flat based they still seat in the case about .245 inches.
The factory round is .3065 and the 110s are .3075 inches.
I will try that, just have to do later and get back to you. Thanks everyone for the input.
I like to check my cases in my chamber after I've resized but before priming, charging, seating. Usually I'll take a few of the freshly resized from a batch and make sure they fit in the chamber of the rifle I'm loading for before I proceed to the rest of case prep.
No binding on the cases at all, only the projectile. Got to thinking and decided to cycle a few factory rounds and see if anything there. As you can see in the picture the factory round has the same markings. Being that the factory round measured .3065 and the 110s are .3075, bordering on .308 inches at the ogive, would that thousands, thousand and a half of an inch make much of a difference in felt binding?
If that is the issue, then yes, the metal of the bullet jacket is strong enough to be felt if there is more than a thou press fit.
It's starting to sound like there might be a slight issue in the rifles chamber.
It's starting to sound like there might be a slight issue in the rifles chamber.
Is this something that should be looked at by a gunsmith?
Not being offensive, but I would suggest you take the rifle to a smith, IF it's the chamber, and not related to the cartridges.
Well, This is exhausting but I put my money on "Bullet Run out" Based on what I see and hear.
If you can measure or spin a few rounds you might be able to see the runout,
that would be where the rub mrks are coming from and some from the feed rails etc.
A good friend could spin these on one of the concentricity guges out there.
BB
If you can measure or spin a few rounds you might be able to see the runout,
that would be where the rub mrks are coming from and some from the feed rails etc.
A good friend could spin these on one of the concentricity guges out there.
BB
It appears the shoulder on the factory round is at a sharper angle or at least more defined. Could this be an issue that the once fired brass is not fire formed to my rifle but some other rifle?
The marks shown on the bullet do not look like the lands are hitting the bullet they look like feed ramp scuff marks coming into the chamber (the marks left by seating too close to the lands are distinct individual scares left around the circumference of the bullet). If you are getting a stiff feeling when closing the bolt I would look to your Full length sizing die and focus on that. The other thing that may want to check out is your trim length. I used to have all kinds of issues with my 30-378 in the Sako chamber and what I ended up doing was trimming my my cases an extra couple thou and that fixed the problems. Every rifle has a unique chamber dimension and a thou here and a thou of an inch there is sometimes the issue. Good Luck.
Must have missed your first post so went back and read it. I seated them a little deeper. OAL is now 3.155 from 3.17. Has made a difference so I'll play with that for now, thanks to all that chimed in with advice. Much appreciated.
Thanks Ernie
