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Reloading
Reloading for new gun, cases hard to chamber
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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1179381" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>Rifleman513,</p><p></p><p>If you have calipers you need to get something like one of he guys shows on his calipers that fits over the neck and maybe half way down the shoulder. What this allows you to measure is the distance from the shoulder to the bottom of the case. I have the same problem on one of my rifles. All I do is adjust the die and size each case individually. It takes patients, but it works. I have discovered 1/2 a thousandths makes a difference between easy bolt closing and a little sticky bolt closing. One and a half thousandths too long and it won't close without a lot of pressure. I like the bolt to close like there is no case in the chamber, but knowing if it was .001" longer it would require effort.</p><p></p><p>I had to turn a few thousandths off the bottom of the die to solve the problem. If you don't have a lathe but do have a grinder you can use it. I don't recommend the grinder unless you have lots of experience grinding lots of intricate details. You sure don't want to grind the die crooked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1179381, member: 70559"] Rifleman513, If you have calipers you need to get something like one of he guys shows on his calipers that fits over the neck and maybe half way down the shoulder. What this allows you to measure is the distance from the shoulder to the bottom of the case. I have the same problem on one of my rifles. All I do is adjust the die and size each case individually. It takes patients, but it works. I have discovered 1/2 a thousandths makes a difference between easy bolt closing and a little sticky bolt closing. One and a half thousandths too long and it won't close without a lot of pressure. I like the bolt to close like there is no case in the chamber, but knowing if it was .001" longer it would require effort. I had to turn a few thousandths off the bottom of the die to solve the problem. If you don't have a lathe but do have a grinder you can use it. I don't recommend the grinder unless you have lots of experience grinding lots of intricate details. You sure don't want to grind the die crooked. [/QUOTE]
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