All my processed 308 not SAAMI spec

[tools2teach]

I have a remington 700 bolt action rifle. I typically send out my brass to a reputable guy who does brass processing.

I have a bunch of 308 that are not saami spec and even sent it to him twice to resize and I it's still out of spec. The rim of the case is too large as you can see in the picture. What should I do? I tried resizing and I having the same problem not being able to resize to spec.

[FLIGHT762]

Brass may have been originally fired in an autoloader and may have tweaked the rim. Have you tried a dummy round to see if it will chamber in your bolt gun?

[damndave]

Try cranking that die down a little more when FL sizing?

[anyracoon]

Just for ducks have you tried flipping the case around to see if the case rim will go into your case guage?

[rdmmdr]

If it was fired from your gun why are not just neck sizing? And if you are loading it, why are you not doing your own prep?

rick

[tools2teach]

I spent a good hour tweaking my dies every which way and no dice. It seems like the brass cannot be recycled, or at least in my bolt action. Even the cases that I fired yesterday from my bolt were out of spec when I did a FL size. Shouldn't I just be able to do a neck size if fired from the same rifle? The case was so bulged in the middle when trying to resize.

Should I just buy new brass since I will only be shooting from the same rifle? Who knows if a once fired brass came from an autoloader.

I send my brass out for processing because I hate doing the prep work, but I do the prep work myself when it comes to doing a small batch. I would say 70 percent of the brass came from my m1a and the other 30 was to spec to chamber in my bolt action.

[rdmmdr]

are you neck sizing or full length sizing?

[Ahhnother8]

If the brass was run through any other firearm with a generous chamber, you may have to small base size it to get it to fit into your chamber. A full-length die is not necessarily enough. Drop the empty brass into your chamber. If the bolt will close, load it and fire it. YOUR chamber is the ULTIMATE case gauge. Nothing else matters!!

[damndave]

I had some brass that was once fired from a M1A. I ran it through my FL die and had it just kissing the shellholder. It chambers now, but haven't loaded ammo with it yet.

[JamesY]

Nvm

[tools2teach]

I think I got it figured out as far as the brass that been processed through my guy, I don't think my sizing dies are set correctly, they chamber, but it's a really tight when chambering the action

My first batch, was not chambering, so I had to pulled about 100 plus bullets, so resent him the cases to get it resized correctly.

I could very well be the case gauge, but manufacturer ammo fits flush into the gauge, I guess as long as it chambers, then am I good to go?

[CalTeacher]

I think I got it figure out as far as the brass that have been processed through my guy that does brass processing, I don't think my sizing dies are set correctly, they chamber, but it's a really tight fit when chamber the case into the barrel.

When I had my batch first processed by my guy, non chambered correctly, so I had to pull about 100 plus bullets, so resent him the cases to get it resized correctly. That's by why i'm questioning this, because the last thing I want is go through this again.

I could very well be the case gauge, but manufacture ammo fits flush into the gauge, I guess as long as at chambers, then I am good to go?

A few questions:

Do you load the brass after it has been sent out for processing?

Are you getting YOUR brass back after processing, or could it be somebody else's brass?

Are you trimming your cases? If you have cases that have grown too long, then you may have trouble chambering them.

You may want to start processing your own brass so you can keep a sharper eye on what is happening to your brass. If you're already going to resize the brass, then you might as well tumble/trim/etc., yourself.

Another possible solution would be to buy new brass, get rid of problematic brass, and process your own brass from this point forward to eliminate as many variables as possible. You could even separate brass shot from autoloaders and bolt action rifles so you know which brass to full length resize or neck size only.

[gau17]

You need to bump the shoulder more.

[shadowofnight]

Make sure they are trimmed to 2.005" length , and buy a small base die...they are cheap for just the single die. Adjust the sb die to just cam over on the stroke , bet they work after that.

I use this one ... https://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduc...tnumber=989104 ...for my Socom II ammo....



edit....make sure you trim them to 2.005" after sizing them.....

[mnguyen84]

In addition to trimming, you may want to shorten the overall length of the round.

when i started reloading 300wsm. Even though all my rounds were within the max specs listed, they still wouldn't chamber into my rifle. I had to seat the bullet deeper, shortening the overall length, to make it compliment.