243 reloading help

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Re: 243 reloading help

Post by Cal-ApeR » 15 Jan 2020, 8:40 am

Thanks guys. Just a quick update. I used some new brass which was resized. It fed perfectly. When I got home, I neck sized and then rechambered them. No issues at all. I guess it was just using I've fired brass from other rifles.

I do wonder if a small base sizer die would fix things on this other brass....
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Re: 243 reloading help

Post by sungazer » 15 Jan 2020, 8:51 am

My guess is that the base of the case the part that is often unsupported by the chamber which is different on different guns has expanded making the clambering and extraction an issue. Even the use of a small base die may not fix this. I have had a similar problem before, even after I used the small base die which would let the cartridge chamber easily It would be tight on extraction. The bolt would lift easily but not slide back easily. Again what I think was the issue was that the brass was stretching easily at the very back of the case. Using new brass fixed the problem.
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