Federal brass???

[Driller54]

Boomtube ibdis as you suggested all the way up until the shell holder is touchin the dies in increments and this empty brass still will not chamber in this rifle.

 

[7stw]

Boomtube ibdis as you suggested all the way up until the shell holder is touchin the dies in increments and this empty brass still will not chamber in this rifle.

Driller, the only thing that I can think that has happened is while you had the dies backed off too far, your brass was actually growing. Now that you have them adjusted properly, the die is pushing the shoulder back, and has probably put a kink or a bulge in the case some where. Sometimes it is at the shoulder edge, or it could be in the main body area. Long story short, that brass is no good. I would discard it and get some fresh brass and start over. Once the brass grows to fill the chamber and is not kept in check with F/L resizing, it's over. There are ways to properly measure the growth of you brass in the chamber and would require purchasing a RCBS precision mic. That set-up is awesome. It takes a little explaining, but is awesome for belted mags. Fair warning, don't fire that brass! 7STWlightbulb

 

[backwoods83]

Mark the freaking brass with a sharpie, crayon, wax pen something, then attemp a chamber and post a pic of where its touching.

 

[Driller54]

Thanks Im gonna chunk the brass I don't have any skills to be trouble shooting brass probably end up hurtin myself or somethin..... Backwoods I'd love to take a pic and post up here but I'm doin this from a phone and I'll keep tryin but aimt got it figured yet. As for colorin the brass and I did. It's rubbed clean just above the shoulder probably don't help much but I think I've rode This pony till she won't buck no more thanks for all the help men

 

[Driller54]

Thanks Im gonna chunk the brass I don't have any skills to be trouble shooting brass probably end up hurtin myself or somethin..... Backwoods I'd love to take a pic and post up here but I'm doin this from a phone and I'll keep tryin but aimt got it figured yet. As for colorin the brass and I did. It's rubbed clean just above the shoulder probably don't help much but I think I've rode This pony till she won't buck no more thanks for all the help men

 

[backwoods83]

Actually it does help the shoulder still hasn't been pushed back far enough, try a different shellholder and cam the press over.

 

[Trental]

Boomtube ibdis as you suggested all the way up until the shell holder is touchin the dies in increments and this empty brass still will not chamber in this rifle.

The shell holder "touching" the die isn't far enough. You need to screw the die in until it touches and then another 1/4 turn or so. You are looking for what is called "cam-ing over". You will feel this in the press handle. You will feel it contact the die and then you keep pushing and the press will cam over. You will develop a feel for this with more experience. It may seem like that last little bit of movement isn't doing much, but in reality if you have a tight chamber in your firearm then that last little bit makes a huge difference. Just touching isn't enough.