This is unbelieveably f-ing irritating

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So I sized all of my once fired brass last night. I set the die up so that I was neck sizing or "partial sizing". After sizing the first piece of brass I chambered it and the bolt closed fine.

Now, all my brass is primed, I loaded a round, bullet and all, 2.800" OAL and now I can feel resistance when I close my bolt :mad: I can see a little scuffing on the primer and the casing base from the bolt turning.

How big of a problem is this? Should I go ahead and load the rest of my ammo (about 70rnds) or do I have to resize all this f**king stuff?

Stuff like this really takes the wind out of my sails
 
I'm still noobish when it comes to reloading for rifle, so this is just food for thought. Is there massive resistance or a nice solid feel?? If you have sized your brass for minimal headspace, I think it should be okay having some resistance.

I've shot my buddies rifle rounds, and they were that way....I think it is okay as long as you don't have to hammer the bolt shut.:D

Also, did you lube the inside of the necks?? Apparently a sized case can be pulled forward at the shoulder if the inner neck is not lubed enough. Good luck with your problem.
 
There isn't massive resistance. No hammering required. I can just feel that it's a little tighter than closing on factory ammo. There definitely is some resistance there though.

Yes, I lubed the inside of my case necks.
 
Hmmm. Well that's reassuring. Like I said, I just don't want anything KaBooming on me. Better safe than sorry.
 
Just watch for pressure signs.

I recently sent my Remington SPS Varmint for warranty work, because the bolt was VERY hard to close on a cartridge. At first, I thought it was just tight from being new, but it never loosened up, and my gut was telling me I really shouldn't shoot it this way.

I recently got all set up for reloading, and as such spent a lot of time reading about pressure signs and all that jazz. While I was de-priming all of my old brass, (I shot about 100 or so factory rounds through that gun) I noticed cratered and flattened primers (now that I knew what to look for). I surmise my bolt was forcing the cartridge too far forward in the chamber, causing the brass to clamp down on the bullet too hard, resulting in a high pressure situation. I'm just happy nothing more serious happened.
 
There is no danger if it takes a bit of effort to close the bolt.

Can you see where the neck or shoulder is contacting the chamber? You could always pull the de-primer pin and try one with the die turned in a hair more. No need to deprime the whole works.
 
case length?

Are your sized brass too long perhaps?
Measure to ensure they are under max length. Otherwise trim .010" under max length.

Cheers,
hf
 
Your good to go. Like Saskgunowner101 said as long as you don't have to use a hammer to close the bolt. Also make sure you have greased the back of the locking lugs on your bolt.
 
If your loads are hot the bolt will be even harder to open if you don't bump the shoulder when you full length resize. Ive never had any luck setting the die up to bump the shoulder just a bit, even the best press will flex a little near the bottom of the stroke.
I always set up the die so the linkage doesn't hit the stops now because I did the same thing with about 100 wsm brass,sucks doing it over.
 
Wally said:
So I sized all of my once fired brass last night. I set the die up so that I was neck sizing or "partial sizing". After sizing the first piece of brass I chambered it and the bolt closed fine.

Now, all my brass is primed, I loaded a round, bullet and all, 2.800" OAL and now I can feel resistance when I close my bolt :mad: I can see a little scuffing on the primer and the casing base from the bolt turning.

How big of a problem is this? Should I go ahead and load the rest of my ammo (about 70rnds) or do I have to resize all this f**king stuff?

Stuff like this really takes the wind out of my sails
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Wally
Are you using once fired brass from your rifle, or are you using virgin brass?
If it is new brass you should full length sized them. FS
 
This is pretty normal for factory chambers. I have seen this before and it is not an issue, they will be safe to reload and will probably shoot better then your virgin brass. Could be 1 of 3 things, the brass flowed a lot on the original firing and you need to trim, you need to bump your shoulder already after 1 firing, or your chamber is cut really smaller then the die. I have seen FL sized brass that when sized and trimmed still had some more pressure required then new brass to close the bolt on. No biggie but it did make me nervous at first.
 
Any marks on the bullet? Perhaps coat it with black felt pen, let it dry and try it in the chamber again. Just to make sure you haven't eliminated the freebore and the bullet is touching the lands. If it isn't touching, you're probably alright.
 
Wally said:
Hmmm. Well that's reassuring. Like I said, I just don't want anything KaBooming on me. Better safe than sorry.
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Quit worrying about KaBooming, and "blowing up in my face." There is no danger involved because of the bolt closing a bit stiff on the loaded round.
Your rifle is a hell of a lot stronger than you seem to think. Actually, you probably couldn't blow up your rifle, with the standard, slower burning powder which is correct for it.
Read Parker Ackley's reports on purposely blowing up guns. See how solid the action can lock up, before anything gives.
 
:D Thanks Guys! Bullets not touching lands, as I said, 2.8" OAL. Case length is fine.

Thanks H4831, I'm DEFINITELY going to see if I can find that report.


I've loaded approximately:

30 x 46gr Varget - Fed210 primers - Rem brass - 168gr Hornady HPBT
30 x 46gr Varget - CCI BR2 primers - Rem brass - 168gr Hornady HPBT
19 x 45.4 IMR 4895 - CCI BR2 primers - Rem brass - 168gr Hornady HPBT

I have work up loads for everything with the CCI primers since I haven't used them before in my .308
 
Yes it is normal for the bolt to close with slightly more force with some reloaded ammo.....BUT make sure you have not mushroomed the shoulder of the case by ramming your resizing die too far with too much force...
 
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