ORIGINAL: corey012778
I began reloading last year. Bought some fired brass (1st mistake) and when I went to fire the 1st round it was tight going into the chamber (2nd mistake) it got stuck, had to force it out. I also notice that some where hard to prime as while and some of the brass had dings on the rims. I just bought a case trimmer this year and had some I did not load laying around and they look shorter then the winchsters that I loaded and work perfected. I did not know what brand the other brass.
I load 30-06 rounds what could of done that. mistake on my part or unuseable brass. I paid 5 bucks for them and got a mgm box with it.
Are you full-length resizing those used cases in a good quality resizing die? If so, they should NOT be hard to chamber or to extract from the chamber of your rifle. As a rule, there's nothing at all wrong with re-using fired brass from some other rifle, if you resize it correctly.
I have several guns in the "same" caliber, but shells fired in one of them will not chamber in the other two, unless theyare full-length resized FIRST.
Now. Do you have a LOADED round stuck in your chamber? If so, and you cannot close the bolt and fire it before using a ramrod to push the empty case out, remove the bolt and take it to a good gunsmith for removal of the stuck cartridge. It'll cost you a little, but that's the only safe way I know of to get a live round out. IF you can close the bolt, fire it then knock the empty case out. Then FL size 'em all first next time.