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Stuck case in chamber
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<blockquote data-quote="baldhunter" data-source="post: 1943682" data-attributes="member: 11853"><p>I agree with seating the bullets deeper.I once had some extraction issues with a couple of my 7mags.I was testing three rifles working up a load all three would shoot well.Two of those rifles were Remington 700's and one was a Ruger #1.All three of the rifles shot the load well.Next trip to the range to repeat my results,my loads were made from brass that was fired in the Ruger #1.All brass had been full length resized and trimmed.The Ruger #1 shot them with no problems,however I had extraction problems with both Remington 700's.I never have had extraction problems with those rifles before,but that day I had to try to extract the fired case three or for times before it would extract the fired case.The issue was not a pressure problem,but it was a brass problem.Next trips to the range with those two Remington 700's with ammo made with same dies,same loads but brass that had not been fired in the Ruger gave me zero extraction problems.The only thing I can think of is the area of the case just above the belt is not being sized down after firing.The Ruger chamber could be slightly larger than the Remington allowing the case to expand more just enough to give extraction problems.So I'd say,try some brass that was not shot in the previous barrel and see if that fixes the extraction problem.The other thing I'd do is seat a little deeper.I see too much variation of bullets from lot to lot to seat .005 off the lands.You can really run into some pressure spikes when switching bullet lots and powder lots.To me it's not worth it.I've had good luck starting at .030 off and in some rifles even .050-.100 off the lands</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baldhunter, post: 1943682, member: 11853"] I agree with seating the bullets deeper.I once had some extraction issues with a couple of my 7mags.I was testing three rifles working up a load all three would shoot well.Two of those rifles were Remington 700's and one was a Ruger #1.All three of the rifles shot the load well.Next trip to the range to repeat my results,my loads were made from brass that was fired in the Ruger #1.All brass had been full length resized and trimmed.The Ruger #1 shot them with no problems,however I had extraction problems with both Remington 700's.I never have had extraction problems with those rifles before,but that day I had to try to extract the fired case three or for times before it would extract the fired case.The issue was not a pressure problem,but it was a brass problem.Next trips to the range with those two Remington 700's with ammo made with same dies,same loads but brass that had not been fired in the Ruger gave me zero extraction problems.The only thing I can think of is the area of the case just above the belt is not being sized down after firing.The Ruger chamber could be slightly larger than the Remington allowing the case to expand more just enough to give extraction problems.So I'd say,try some brass that was not shot in the previous barrel and see if that fixes the extraction problem.The other thing I'd do is seat a little deeper.I see too much variation of bullets from lot to lot to seat .005 off the lands.You can really run into some pressure spikes when switching bullet lots and powder lots.To me it's not worth it.I've had good luck starting at .030 off and in some rifles even .050-.100 off the lands [/QUOTE]
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