Difficulty removing cartridge = wrong seat depth?

[greyghost]

A mate of mine and I are starting to reload and am after a bit of advice.

Loading for this .308 to start, we set the COAL for the max of 2.8" to start.

When chamber and removing the full cartridge it goes in pretty easy, but there is some resistance to start it moving backwards if you pull the cartridge out without firing.

This is definitely the cartridge at work here as its 10x easier to pull the bolt back when empty.

I know bullets can get wedged in the lands if the seating depth is too high and get gripped there.

Is that probably what's happening here and why there would be some resistance on pulling the cartridge back?

Thanks guys.

[Ariat]

Your brass is contacting the chambers walls too don't forget.

The bullet's not the only thing holding everything in place...

[Granting]

Use some candle black or something similar on your bullets and chamber them to see if the lands are touching.

It's going to be impossible to do it accurately by feel.

[Hardcast]

Just seat a proj a bit shorter greyghost, to see if it is the problem.
Are you FLS or just neck sizing, If you're only neck sizing it might be the case getting tight down by the rim.

Make a dummy up, don't play with a live one.

[Khan]

Use some candle black or something similar on your bullets and chamber them to see if the lands are touching.

A sharpie seems to do the trick.

[howtow]

A sharpie seems to do the trick.

Read a good trick of colour your bullets with different sharpies too so that it leaves a colour ring when punching the paper.

Can shoot longer on the same target without losing which group was which.

[Aster]

Candle black works better than sharpie I've found. On a light touch the candle black still rubs off where the sharpie sometimes resists it.

[greyghost]

Just seat a proj a bit shorter greyghost, to see if it is the problem.
Are you FLS or just neck sizing, If you're only neck sizing it might be the case getting tight down by the rim.

Make a dummy up, don't play with a live one.

Full length sizing, brass is once shot only.

I'm having another go tomorrow so will seat a deeper one in a dummy and see how we go.