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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
Case too tight
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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 386908" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>I realise this may be a stupid question, but are you allowing the press to 'cam over' at the top of it's stroke?</p><p></p><p>I have only ever loaded for a buddies 300WSM, it was a real PITA to get right!</p><p>I had to keep screwing the die in and sizing a case then trying it in the rifle until the bolt would close with little resistance, it took me a few hours of checking and double checking the fit. Some cases were fine on the first try and others were as if they'd been fired in another rifle.</p><p>I then discovered that it was the expansion ring just above the web causing the tight bolt closure! I didn't modify his die in any way, just made sure that the press was camming over enough to size the entire case. </p><p>I ended up with a die condition that was over 1/4 turn in past die/shellholder contact with the ram at the top of it's stroke.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 386908, member: 10755"] I realise this may be a stupid question, but are you allowing the press to 'cam over' at the top of it's stroke? I have only ever loaded for a buddies 300WSM, it was a real PITA to get right! I had to keep screwing the die in and sizing a case then trying it in the rifle until the bolt would close with little resistance, it took me a few hours of checking and double checking the fit. Some cases were fine on the first try and others were as if they'd been fired in another rifle. I then discovered that it was the expansion ring just above the web causing the tight bolt closure! I didn't modify his die in any way, just made sure that the press was camming over enough to size the entire case. I ended up with a die condition that was over 1/4 turn in past die/shellholder contact with the ram at the top of it's stroke. [/QUOTE]
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