.008 Bump Required to Smoothly Chamber Round??

[pavementends]

It has been mentioned several times but a Sharpie can tell a great deal. In a perfect world one would be included with every set of dies compete with illustrations on how to use it.

 

[randy86314]

What

pavementends

said in #71.
Also, I like my reloaded cartridge to drop into the chamber with just a "tink" with only .002-.003 bump of fired case.
I disagree with some writers above that the fired case should easily drop into the chamber.
Pics are helpful, too.

 

[cape cove]

I would think that this a classic case of a die that doesn't match well with the rifle chamber. When the die is adjusted to get .002-.003 bump the .200 line doesn't get sized enough for easy chambering/extraction after a few firings. When the die is turned down enough to size the .200 line giving easy chambering/extraction then you end up with too much bump making case life not so good. This is something that is more common with belted mags. What you need to do is find a way to size the .200 line while not pushing the shoulder back too far. The belt buster die may be your answer or a custom sizing die. JMO

 

[243winxb]

60/1000

Hope you mean .006"

Edit- oops, talking about "coal"

 

[Rflshootr]

Hope you mean .006"

He said overall length. He must have a longer throat than the other rifles and had to seat the bullet into the case more. At least that's what I'm getting out of it.

 

[RichCoyle]

A friend and I took our .223's to the range. Mine was a Savage while his was a Ruger. I was getting five shots in under .4". He wanted to try my ammo in his to see if he could duplicate it. No problem. So I tried his. Smoke out the side of the action and when the bolt opened there was no primer.

We concluded Ruger has lots of free bore.