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Fussy About Once-fired Brass
I have a T3 Lite in .243. It seems to be VERY picky about the type of once-fired brass it will chamber. For some, the bolt would not move at all and full-length sizing allowed the bolt to close just enough for the extractor to grab them.
Brass from factory rounds fired in this particular rifle chambered just fine the second and third times around.
Has this happened to anyone else?
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8 Replies
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It's hard to imagine what could be causing a problem to the extent you describe
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It's once fire out of your rifle not out of somebody else's is it
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Check the area of the problem cases near the case head with calipers. Compare that to a new, unfired case. It could be that the brass is expanding in that area causing your chambering issue.
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It's once fire out of your rifle not out of somebody else's is it
My first thought as well. 🙂 🙂
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Is the case shoulder getting pushed back far enough?
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Is the case shoulder getting pushed back far enough?
I was thinking the same thing…the only time i've had brass chambering issues is when there was an issue with shoulder…
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If it is FL resized and won't chamber check length.
If all else fails, a case guage can be your friend. -
Is the case shoulder getting pushed back far enough?
It wasn't, because I didn't set the die up properly. All it took was another quarter turn of the die in the press. I now have more .243 cases than I'll use in the next three lifetimes.
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