.008 Bump Required to Smoothly Chamber Round??

[hawlejr]

Sounds like you have too much headspace. Cases are stretching when fired. Virgin cases chamber fine but are .006-8 shorter to shoulder. If this were a Savage, I'd loosen the barrel nut and turn the barrel in until it hit the short guage and then turn it out just a little. Probably require a smith to accomplish this on a Howa?

Good luck

 

[Huntz]

I would try a no go or field gauge and if the bolt does not close on them use a Redding base only die .

 

[Hondo64d]

Are you having to bump the shoulder that far so that the base can be sized down enough? (Fld)

Try using black sharpie on the case to see what's actually causing the hang up

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This.

John