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Title: Re: Chamber differences and tough to close bolt Post by CoRifleman on Jun 17th, 2020 at 2:34pm
Butlers - Both the rifle and cut down are 1898 ALTHOUGH the bolt in the carbine is a 1896. So it certainly could be a tighter headspace, although that would mean the 1898 bolt in the 1898 rifle is holding the shell rim further away from the chamber - as the 1898 closed easily and the 1896 met resistance. Does that make sense? I can try it sometime, but I resized all of my brass as I don't shoot the rifle very often at all (it's correct, and in wonderful condition). Also, I don't know how the sizing die could be the cuplrit. After annealing, the sizing die easily and quickly produced a case that fit right into the chamber with no additional effort when closing the bolt. the other resizing I do is 223 to 300blk and although it's a smaller case, I'm generally familiar with resizing and the effort required. This shoulder would. not. budge! I appreciate your insight. I will try to swap bolts at some point, and if that resolves it, I may change over to a 1898 bolt in the carbine if for no reason other than it will allow interchangability of brass. Thank you for the idea.
Mavt - Thank you - it was beyond strange. Just didn't make sense, until I read about chamber differences between Krags and other problems with sizing. I'll stick to neck sizing from here on out when I can. Para - Thank you. I tried three different lubes to be sure. Lee, Imperial Wax, and Hornady One Shot Case lube. I've resized a TON of 223 to 300blk and have learned about using not too little, not too much case lube, so I altered my approach a bit here and there as I was having these issues. Nothing made a difference. The die was adjusted to touch, then ram lowered, then turned in another 1/3 to 1/2, so plenty of allowance for flex. The shoulder just did not want to move. It was bizarre. Until I run into the issue again, I don't know that I'll be able to troubleshoot it more. |
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