The COAL that I gave you from the Nosler manual #8 is the maximum SAAMI COAL. The COAL will vary from bullet weight to bullet weight. The RCBS Junior press that your grandfather gave you is a great press. As posted earlier, it would be good if you tried some factory ammunition in our rifle. This ought to give you the ability to figure out whether you have a rifle problem, or.....an ammunition problem; I'm betting on ammunition problem for now. Something else that you could try would be to resize one of your casings, do nothing else to that casing (no powder/primer/bullet, and try it into your rifle to see how it closes. I am not sure if I was clear with my earlier post to you about your seating die. Most seating dies have a "crimp" capability. It is done by screwing your seating die down until it hits the top of the casing, then the die is screwed down ever so slightly. If the die is screwed down too much and the case is crimped without a cannular groove in the bullet, the case can bulge. Good luck and keep us posted.
