Reloading unfired brass
#11

Well as long as its factory ammo, give winchester a call and have the lot number handy. They should replace it for you or at least refund your money. Big green did it for me for a lot of 17 HMR ammo that had contaminated propellant and the bullets were getting lodged in the barrel. They sent me a check to cover the replacement cost.
#13
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pa
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I bought a digital grain scale and I'm gonna take 3 bad rounds pull bullets and weigh each charge then I'm gonna full length resize them add charge back to case then re seat bullet back to factory length... then test fit to see if it chambers
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: gilbert az
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One more thing to try is take a black magic marker and make the entire case and bullet black then run into chamber until resistance is felt pull out round look for wear marks
#16

Seriously I would give Winchester a call and see it there was a problem with that lot of ammo.
But out of curiosity and it may sound dumb, but did you try any other ammo? I can tell by your posts that you do reload. But the last time you fired your rifle did you pick up the spent brass? Maybe you shot at an animal and forgot or lost the spent casing. I could be that the case ruptured and there is a small piece lodged in the chamber. Seems very remote. But stranger things have happened.
But out of curiosity and it may sound dumb, but did you try any other ammo? I can tell by your posts that you do reload. But the last time you fired your rifle did you pick up the spent brass? Maybe you shot at an animal and forgot or lost the spent casing. I could be that the case ruptured and there is a small piece lodged in the chamber. Seems very remote. But stranger things have happened.