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Expert opinions wanted on chamber problem
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<blockquote data-quote="el matador" data-source="post: 1298501" data-attributes="member: 12193"><p>Thanks for the input Hired Gun. To answer your question I'm using Hornady case sizing wax, which I've found to work very well. I reload for 5 different rifles in .300 Win Mag, and brass from the other 4 rifles sizes very easily. The stuff from this rifle was extremely hard to resize, even with extra case lube. I was using 10 times the force to size it, and pulling it back out I was worried about tearing the rim off the case. Strangely, when I measured the brass at various points, it wasn't significantly larger than brass from the other rifles. I'm using a Redding body die that's well polished.</p><p></p><p>To give you guys an update on the situation, I went and fired the gun after the "repair" had been made. The brass wasn't as badly marked in the middle, but the front 25% of the case still had marks that I could see and feel. When I tried resizing this brass it was significantly easier to size than it had previously been, but still about 3x harder than brass from my other rifles. At least now I don't worry about tearing the rims off.</p><p></p><p>I sent an email to the company telling them the repair was not satisfactory, but that I had no desire to spend more time and money sending it back for another chamber polishing job. I have not heard anything back from them yet. I'll let you know if they respond.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el matador, post: 1298501, member: 12193"] Thanks for the input Hired Gun. To answer your question I'm using Hornady case sizing wax, which I've found to work very well. I reload for 5 different rifles in .300 Win Mag, and brass from the other 4 rifles sizes very easily. The stuff from this rifle was extremely hard to resize, even with extra case lube. I was using 10 times the force to size it, and pulling it back out I was worried about tearing the rim off the case. Strangely, when I measured the brass at various points, it wasn't significantly larger than brass from the other rifles. I'm using a Redding body die that's well polished. To give you guys an update on the situation, I went and fired the gun after the "repair" had been made. The brass wasn't as badly marked in the middle, but the front 25% of the case still had marks that I could see and feel. When I tried resizing this brass it was significantly easier to size than it had previously been, but still about 3x harder than brass from my other rifles. At least now I don't worry about tearing the rims off. I sent an email to the company telling them the repair was not satisfactory, but that I had no desire to spend more time and money sending it back for another chamber polishing job. I have not heard anything back from them yet. I'll let you know if they respond. [/QUOTE]
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