harris wrote:
1) Is that common that seating too high will pull the bullet out? Or did he do something real wrong to get it so jammed?
2) What do you do after? Is there anything to check that everything's ok after you've had a stuck bullet or do you just get back to shooting?
Thanks.
This really doesn't seem to have been answered fully.
Two possibles. Were you reading about Target Shooting or general Hunting.
Using normal everyday reloading dies they give a huge amount on neck tension, so much so that sometimes if you don't debur the inside of a case neck it will strip copper off the outside of the bullet when seating. If you make a mistake with this type in seating a bullet too long then really it should take a huge amount of effort to close the bolt if at all. Naturally, if the bolt will not close don't bloody force it shut, something is wrong so back off and figure out the problem.
Second, Target Shooters typically use Bushing Dies that provide an adjustable amount of neck tension and typically that is very little, In fact as I do it's about as little as you can move the bullet in the case neck by hand or perhaps a tad more. Hence even transporting loaded rounds need to be protected from vibration as it can change the seating depth. On the other hand and does depend on the bullet shape but some use a bit more neck tension and seating depth that jams the bullet in the lands by a measured amount. Sometimes as I have found the bullet is simply pushed back in the case neck but is still a tight fit in the lands but not enough for it to stick. Extracting a live round is no problem...but .... get that tension wrong, too much pressure in the lands, a bullet without a pressure ring and it probably will pull out of the case neck. That is one hitch of jamming bullets in the lands.
If the guy was not a target shooter then something else was wrong as it shouldn't have happened.
Lately I'm experimenting with my 30BR using Tangent Ogive Bullets and I feel I am not getting enough neck tension with these 115gr Berger FB Target Bullets with a Pressure Ring. I have increased my neck tension quite a lot and seating them some 0.030" into the lands but they just keep getting pushed back into the case neck when closing the bolt with no felt pressure on the bolt. Nothing even looks like getting stuck.
I have heard many a case of a Target Shooter having to un-chamber a loaded round for some reason and the bullet gets stuck leading to powder all through the action and end of that story shooting. Really, if I knew I had to do that task I would lift the rifle, pointed upwards to open the bolt and leave the powder sitting in the case.
BTW....
I do use In-Line Dies to reload for Hunting / Varminting BUT none of these rounds are seated even on the lands, In general far short at magazine length.