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6.5-300 Weatherby sizing issues
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<blockquote data-quote="bvarian" data-source="post: 2001636" data-attributes="member: 115886"><p>Hi everyone </p><p></p><p>Im hoping some of you veterans can help me.</p><p></p><p>I have a 6.5- 300 wby vanguard that started life with me as a factory rifle. I recently rebarreled it with a OMR carbon fiber also chambered in 6.5-300 wby.</p><p></p><p>I have a ton of fired brass from my factory set up that have been fired anywhere from 1 to 3 times. My rifle with the new barrel on it wouldn't chamber any of the reloads that I already had so I figured the chamber on my factory rifle must have been bigger. I took some fired brass and fl resized it as far as my die would let me camming over strong. Brass still wouldn't fit in the new chamber.</p><p></p><p>I borrowed some factory 6.5-300 wby rounds from a buddy and they fit and fired in the new chamber just fine. Using Hornady headspace gauges I measure the factory and fired brass (from the old barrel) and the factory shoulder is bumped back .0115 further than the fl sized fired brass. I have both Redding and rcbs fl sizing dies and Redding competition shell holders and rcbs shell holder. Neither will bump the shoulder back far enough.</p><p></p><p> If I fl size the once fired factory rounds that i shot out of my new chamber there are no problems chambers just fine. Although it more just neck size them doesn't bump the shoulder.</p><p></p><p>I don't want to just ditch all my fired brass since I have allot of it and weatherby brass isn't easy to find or cheap. Any help would be greatly appreciated. </p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bvarian, post: 2001636, member: 115886"] Hi everyone Im hoping some of you veterans can help me. I have a 6.5- 300 wby vanguard that started life with me as a factory rifle. I recently rebarreled it with a OMR carbon fiber also chambered in 6.5-300 wby. I have a ton of fired brass from my factory set up that have been fired anywhere from 1 to 3 times. My rifle with the new barrel on it wouldn’t chamber any of the reloads that I already had so I figured the chamber on my factory rifle must have been bigger. I took some fired brass and fl resized it as far as my die would let me camming over strong. Brass still wouldn’t fit in the new chamber. I borrowed some factory 6.5-300 wby rounds from a buddy and they fit and fired in the new chamber just fine. Using Hornady headspace gauges I measure the factory and fired brass (from the old barrel) and the factory shoulder is bumped back .0115 further than the fl sized fired brass. I have both Redding and rcbs fl sizing dies and Redding competition shell holders and rcbs shell holder. Neither will bump the shoulder back far enough. If I fl size the once fired factory rounds that i shot out of my new chamber there are no problems chambers just fine. Although it more just neck size them doesn’t bump the shoulder. I don’t want to just ditch all my fired brass since I have allot of it and weatherby brass isn’t easy to find or cheap. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
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