So over the last week or so, i have made various loads for my new 300WM R700 XCR. I have 300 or so new Remington brass but I havent broken into them yet as I wanted to go through some of my used or cheaper brass while learning about the round and what my rifle likes. I load up 25 or so using H1000, 25 or so using RE22 all using 50rounds of WW Super brass I had (all once fired). 99% of them shot fine, 2 of them after shooting them and lifting the bolt to the highest part, i had to give a very hard pull to get the bolt back. The brass looked fine, no problem there, no over pressure or anything. I guess I should add I for resizing, for the new brass or the brass that wasnt shot in my bolt rifle first, I am using a Lee Full length sizer, and a very slight crimp from a lee FCD. I move on to some other load, it was IMR4831, but I had no more of that same brass, and use some Once First 300WM brass I bought at a gun show (it was around 50 rounds or so for $15 from Georgia Arms reloaders if any of you know them). Most of it was FC or WCC. I seperate the brads, and this load was all WCC. I put them through the full length resizer and fully prep them, trim, ect... I got to load the first round and bam, I cant even get the bolt closed. I get to the point where you do the last hard push forward (where I think the extractor locks on the bottom of the case) and you start pushing the bolt towards the ground but the damn thing wont budge at all in either direction at this point. I cant extract it, I can lock the bolt, nothing. Needless to say, after 5min of trying at the range, I pack up (with the loaded round in the gun sadly) but the bolt not fully closed (rifle still on safety) and head home. I get the bolt handle wrapped in a few towles and start lighting tapping it with a rubber mallet and finally get the bolt down and round extracted, but I am really perplexed, I tried a few other rounds from the same group and none of them load, so its definitly something with all this brass, but I am trying to figure out what.
could this be the bulge related cause of the Belted case? I have a Redding Body die that I use for the rounds I neck size. I tried running a few of these rounds through the body die now, but they still wont load into the gun...
Someone help me please, what am I missing?
Thanks
could this be the bulge related cause of the Belted case? I have a Redding Body die that I use for the rounds I neck size. I tried running a few of these rounds through the body die now, but they still wont load into the gun...
Someone help me please, what am I missing?
Thanks