I recently had an issue with a set of Hornady Custom Dies for my 7mm LRM. I shot some rounds over the weekend in my 7LRM collecting load data for a new bullet size I wanted to try. After the range session I went home and started to clean and prep the rounds for another load. All went smoothly until I went to seat bullets and the bullets just fell into the cases. Odd, so I grabbed a couple more once fired cases from the morning session and ran them through the resizing die. I full length resize. Same issue. The cases are fine in the rifle, I chambered them to make sure there was no issue there but the necks will not hold the bullets. The die has a .316 bushing inside of it. Please note that I have loaded several hundred once fired pieces of brass and have never had this issue. I took the die apart and could not see anything that was noticeable to the naked eye. The .316 bushing came with the Die Set I received when I bought the rifle. How do you determine what size the bushing should be if I was to order a new one?
My question is has anyone else ever experienced anything like this? I am hoping it is something simple and that once someone states it I will kick myself in the rear end and fix the issue. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Gunwerks 7mm LRM Brass
Hornady Custom Full Length Dies
.316 bushing
Berger 195 Grain EOL Bullets
Federal 215M Primers
69.5 Grains of H-1000
I don't have the COAL or BTO measurement but the measurements match up to the COAL and BTO of the factory ammo I received from Gunwerks when I bought the rifle.
All rounds fired show no signs of excess pressure on the case head or on bolt lift.
My question is has anyone else ever experienced anything like this? I am hoping it is something simple and that once someone states it I will kick myself in the rear end and fix the issue. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Gunwerks 7mm LRM Brass
Hornady Custom Full Length Dies
.316 bushing
Berger 195 Grain EOL Bullets
Federal 215M Primers
69.5 Grains of H-1000
I don't have the COAL or BTO measurement but the measurements match up to the COAL and BTO of the factory ammo I received from Gunwerks when I bought the rifle.
All rounds fired show no signs of excess pressure on the case head or on bolt lift.