Savage 110BA 338 Lapua vs Hornady Brass problem

[Bates338]

hey just a quick question, got myself into a savage 110ba 338 lapua recently and bought hornady brass for reloading. did all the normal steps to get the brass primed and ready for powder. (the same exact steps with my other federal and lapua brass) and the bolt will not fully close with only the hornady. thought it could be a length problem but everything is in exact measurements to the book. wondering if any of you have had this similar problem?
i am loading it with 250 grain accubond or 225 grain hornady SST

!!!! a better description about the gun while trying to load this brass would be the bolt pushes the brass all the way into the chamber as soon as it clicks to twist the bolt in it will no longer move any further and becomes a struggle in taking the bolt back out. !!!!

 

[TripleBull]

Are you measuring COAL, base to ogive, base to datum line or what? When you extract a round of the Hornady brass ammo, are there rifling marks on the bullet? I'd assume that either you have insufficient headspace (fix by pushing the shoulder back) or you are jamming the bullet into the lands. Sounds like you are simultaneously tweaking quite a few variables and I'd minimize that at the beginning.

 

[Juggerxxx]

Are you measuring COAL, base to ogive, base to datum line or what? When you extract a round of the Hornady brass ammo, are there rifling marks on the bullet? I'd assume that either you have insufficient headspace (fix by pushing the shoulder back) or you are jamming the bullet into the lands. Sounds like you are simultaneously tweaking quite a few variables and I'd minimize that at the beginning.

these were my thoughts as well. Paint the bullet, neck and shoulder with a Sharpie and try and chamber it a few times to see where the contact is.

 

[lash]

Have you measured the neck diameter and length on you different loads?

 

[Bates338]

i will measure my coal in the next few days when i am free, i just find it funny that my federal brass measured identical to the hornady brass has no issues, i have trimmed the overall length under the maximum length as well. i wanted all new brass so sadly i bought 200 unprimed hornady brass and cant even use them yet, but thanks all for the responses!