Jamming bullet into the lands
Hornady 6.5 eld-x bullets sticking
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Hugnot
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Seat them (Hornady bullets) deeper - make up a dummy round, seat so it just touches, then seat just a tiny bit more (4-5 thou) to allow for ogive variance, then adjust depth accordingly for shooting accuracy.
Thanks for all the positive feed back. I guess we all should be aware that just because the manual states something, it does not work in all guns. . After resetting the Hornday 143 eldx to 2.890 COL had a five shoot group .6 moa with 57.5gr H1000.
QuietTexan
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Glad you got it going 
Varmint Hunter
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This guy has several helpful videos that should explain things better than I can by posting here.
MallardAddict
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In the absence of a case gauge one can still measure max coal. Take the ejector out of your bolt so it doesn't skew results (only need a pin punch and small hammer but watch for the spring).
Take a case fired in your rifle but not resized and just barely crimp the neck with pliers so a bullet slides through by hand with some tension. Seat the bullet by hand long and color it with a sharpie.
Gently chamber the dummy round and close the bolt. Now carefully extract the round and measure it. This should be the touch length for your chamber and I would start .020 back from that.
* we sharpie'd the bullet in case it sticks in the chamber and pulls out when ejecting the dummy. You will be able to see where the marks in the sharpie from the case neck stop and can reinsert the bullet to the marks and measure it.
Take a case fired in your rifle but not resized and just barely crimp the neck with pliers so a bullet slides through by hand with some tension. Seat the bullet by hand long and color it with a sharpie.
Gently chamber the dummy round and close the bolt. Now carefully extract the round and measure it. This should be the touch length for your chamber and I would start .020 back from that.
* we sharpie'd the bullet in case it sticks in the chamber and pulls out when ejecting the dummy. You will be able to see where the marks in the sharpie from the case neck stop and can reinsert the bullet to the marks and measure it.
chevrolet71
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It definitely appears to be to long for your chamber and I agree you need to see what your chamber can handle. You could have a bullet where the ogive is smaller in diameter and it chamber and work but other bullets can have a bigger ogive point.
