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Browning BAR bolt will not close on round
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<blockquote data-quote="merbeau" data-source="post: 1175733" data-attributes="member: 38494"><p>Posted in another person's response. Update. Thanks to all that replied. Well the small base die came in and I had the same problem. So I purchased an L.E. Wilson gauge and it appears the shoulder was not set back far enough. Went back to my RCBS X die instructions and after some reading finally deciphered how to set the shoulder back. After following what they suggested (i.e., remove the mandrel and then adjust the die downward and then replace the mandrel) the round fit the Wilson gauge and I was able to insert a resized case into the chamber, close the bolt and have it function (i.e., eject). Same thing with a dummy round with only bullet seated. Finally made some live rounds and went to the range and the rifle cycled fine. The brass grew an additional 0.002 after all this but RCBS indicates this may occur. So now back to finding a load.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="merbeau, post: 1175733, member: 38494"] Posted in another person's response. Update. Thanks to all that replied. Well the small base die came in and I had the same problem. So I purchased an L.E. Wilson gauge and it appears the shoulder was not set back far enough. Went back to my RCBS X die instructions and after some reading finally deciphered how to set the shoulder back. After following what they suggested (i.e., remove the mandrel and then adjust the die downward and then replace the mandrel) the round fit the Wilson gauge and I was able to insert a resized case into the chamber, close the bolt and have it function (i.e., eject). Same thing with a dummy round with only bullet seated. Finally made some live rounds and went to the range and the rifle cycled fine. The brass grew an additional 0.002 after all this but RCBS indicates this may occur. So now back to finding a load. [/QUOTE]
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