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Old 01-17-2008 | 02:58 AM
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i hl for a 25 06 and have noticed some chamber hard and some easy. my oal is shortest allowed by manual and dies were locked down good. what could be the problem here? thanks for info
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Old 01-17-2008 | 05:51 AM
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What are you trying to say here? We need more than what your saying to help you with your cases..Tell us more..
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Old 01-17-2008 | 05:53 AM
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You said your OAL is at the min allowed in the manual. What about the case itself? Did you FL resize the cases and check the length? If your cases are too long from previous firings it could be that you are forcing the bullet/case mouth into the throat. This can cause excessive pressure and could be hazardous to you and/or your rifle. How many time have these cases been fired? I continue to monitor your responses to see if we can resolve this problem.
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Old 01-17-2008 | 07:13 AM
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For sure more info needed. There are lots of reasons for your problem than just overall length. How do the "difficult" rounds extract...without firing. Just chamber one and then extract it. Look for marks on the case and bullet.
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Old 01-17-2008 | 07:36 AM
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Boy, if only this guy only was able to take an English class, we could help him, but clearly, he is from another country and does not know how to communicate with us.
 
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Old 01-17-2008 | 10:24 AM
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The cases were all trimmed to specs here and i put it pretty simple what was happening.The rounds eject fine but they chamber hard.No marks from the lands were visible on the bullet just at the base of the brass. The rounds killed 14 deer this year so i guess i got the powder/bullet combo matched up pretty good. Thanks for your sugesstions.
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Old 01-17-2008 | 10:30 AM
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Sounds like headspacing. Without proper tools for diagnosing its hard to tell. I use a head and shoulders gauge, and I compare the headspace of fired cartridges to ones your having hard time chambering. Another on here used a sharpie to color the shoulders and see if its getting contact with the chamber on the ones that are hard to chamber..

Rarely the case, but also could be a oval chamber, short chamber.
 
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Old 01-17-2008 | 10:32 AM
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thanks
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Old 01-17-2008 | 10:37 AM
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What kind of rifle are you shooting this ammo in? Bolt or automatic.
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Old 01-17-2008 | 05:11 PM
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Bolt, and its something i am doing because i have a single shot in the same caliber and some rounds chamber hard in it also.I follow instruction manual on every setup and run the resizing die down to the shellholder as instructed.It is not a big problem with bolt gun but a big problem with h and r ejector. Thanks.
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