Lenny Foffa
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HI All, I'm having a very big issue getting previously fired brass to chamber in my 308 Savage 110
The brass is Winchester Brass, and its been reloaded about 5 or 6 times and used only in my Savage 110 in 308 . Using my usual RCBS dies, the cases previously fired cases were resized, DE Primed, all the usual prep , and made back up to the specs that I have been happily using. Bullets were seated at the usual COAL and OGIVE Length's, But at the range I discovered d the Bolt would not close!!! Took everything home , seated the bullets 5/1000 deeper, still the bolt would not close, then another 5/1000 deeper, still the bolt would not close. Pulled the Bullets , dumped the powder, pulled the rod and expander ball out of the Resizing die, and resized the cases, and bumped the should back 5/1000, tested, the bolt would not close. So I adjusted the die and bumped the shoulder back an additional 4/1000 . So Now the test bullet ( Berger 110 Grn Flat base targets ) is 10/1000 shorter than the usual bullet length that gave great groups and the shoulder is bumped back 9/100 and the bolt barley closes 1/2 way. Any suggestions please!!
The brass is Winchester Brass, and its been reloaded about 5 or 6 times and used only in my Savage 110 in 308 . Using my usual RCBS dies, the cases previously fired cases were resized, DE Primed, all the usual prep , and made back up to the specs that I have been happily using. Bullets were seated at the usual COAL and OGIVE Length's, But at the range I discovered d the Bolt would not close!!! Took everything home , seated the bullets 5/1000 deeper, still the bolt would not close, then another 5/1000 deeper, still the bolt would not close. Pulled the Bullets , dumped the powder, pulled the rod and expander ball out of the Resizing die, and resized the cases, and bumped the should back 5/1000, tested, the bolt would not close. So I adjusted the die and bumped the shoulder back an additional 4/1000 . So Now the test bullet ( Berger 110 Grn Flat base targets ) is 10/1000 shorter than the usual bullet length that gave great groups and the shoulder is bumped back 9/100 and the bolt barley closes 1/2 way. Any suggestions please!!