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New 338 Edge will not fire. What now?
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<blockquote data-quote="specweldtom" data-source="post: 322039" data-attributes="member: 2580"><p>I have been going over and over this post and Lewis H brings up a possibility. All of my boomers have belted cases and I haven't fireformed a shouilder headspaced cartridge in years. If you are fireforming from .338 Rum cases the difference in the datum line to base dimension might be accountable for the rounds going too deep into the Edge chamber. I'm not familiar with either round except that I know they headspace on the shoulder. I don't know how to fireform this case correctly, but if that's the problem, I don't think seating the bullet to engrave the rifling in order to hold the cartridge against the bolt face is the answer.</p><p></p><p>I hope it turns out that the headspace is correct for the Edge, and it is just a matter of finding out how to safely fireform these cases to the longer chamber! If that is the problem, I still think the 'smith should have test fired the rifle and took about a minute to be tell you how he held it against the bolt face for safe firing.</p><p></p><p>There are a lot of Edge shooters on this site that know how it's done.</p><p></p><p>If there are Edge cases and you're using them, you just have a really bad chamber. </p><p></p><p>Let us know how it comes out, Tom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="specweldtom, post: 322039, member: 2580"] I have been going over and over this post and Lewis H brings up a possibility. All of my boomers have belted cases and I haven't fireformed a shouilder headspaced cartridge in years. If you are fireforming from .338 Rum cases the difference in the datum line to base dimension might be accountable for the rounds going too deep into the Edge chamber. I'm not familiar with either round except that I know they headspace on the shoulder. I don't know how to fireform this case correctly, but if that's the problem, I don't think seating the bullet to engrave the rifling in order to hold the cartridge against the bolt face is the answer. I hope it turns out that the headspace is correct for the Edge, and it is just a matter of finding out how to safely fireform these cases to the longer chamber! If that is the problem, I still think the 'smith should have test fired the rifle and took about a minute to be tell you how he held it against the bolt face for safe firing. There are a lot of Edge shooters on this site that know how it's done. If there are Edge cases and you're using them, you just have a really bad chamber. Let us know how it comes out, Tom [/QUOTE]
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