Worked up my reloads for my Weatherby 6.5 RPM and had no pressure signs or sticking cases, went antelope hunting and that went fine, went to the range to just zero and the cases all stuck in the chamber, took a good jolt to remove them, any thoughts on what could now cause the cases to start being hard to remove?
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Cases sticking in chamber?
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Temperature ? paint the case with a sharpie ,chamber and eject look for a shiny spot where the sharpie was rubbed off. That is your problem Spot .
gohring3006
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New brass?
Factory ammo?
Used brass from different rifle?
Factory ammo?
Used brass from different rifle?
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Might try cleaning your brass and chamber, may have case lube dryed and sticky. 
New Weatherby brass that was fired once in same rifle, cases trimmed to 2.56 length, FLR and reloaded.
gohring3006
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Grab a Larry Willis die and you should be good. Never mind, just seen it's not a belted mag.
jgal72
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What powder are you using? I worked up loads for 280ai and 22cm with reloader 26. Both showed no signs of pressure at initial load development. Both, at a later date started showing signs of pressure. Had to reduce powder charge in both.
Probably just junk in your chamber after the hunt. Did you clean it afterwards? If so, do you use a bore guide?
I pulled the bullets and reduced the load by .3 grains and the cases don't stick now, does that make sense?
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How close to max are you? Contaminated chamber? Temps under above circumstances?
Varmint Hunter
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.3 of a grain is an awful small reduction in charge weight. You shouldn't go from stuck cases to AOK with that small of a change. Not in a case that large anyway.
I'd shoot them over a chronograph just to see what the velocity is. If you're exceeding a reasonable velocity, it's almost certain that you're over on pressure even when other tradition signs are absent. Velocity and pressure "generally" go hand-in-hand.
