First off - great forum lots of knowledge here.
Here's my issue- Remington 700 long range, purchased new. Never fired Norma Brass FL resized, cycles fine loaded and unloaded before first firing. First firing occurs, no stiffness in bolt lift but the cases are hard to extract (some harder than others). I do not have to hit the bolt handle or use a cleaning rod, I just have to pull hard on the handle. There are no pressure signs visible. Once fired brass is hard to chamber, bolt hard to close etc. same after FL resize again. Brass could stand to be trimmed but is not to long per case specs. I have blacked the neck and shoulder with a sharpie and really don't see any indications in that area. The only thing I see at all are a few slight marks that are so shallow I would hesitate to call them scratches on the OD of the case body. These are loacated on the upper half of the body. They are longitudinal.
Some of my research has pointed toward some sort of imperfection in the chamber that needs to be removed. If this is true why are the once fire cases hard to chamber even after they have been resized?
Anybody run into this before? Thoughts?