OK, I think I solved the problem.
The die was set too high. (DOH!!) I noticed that the new-never fired brass would not chamber. After about an hour of lowering the die a little, lubing a case, resizing the case, wiping lube off the case, and trying the EMPTY case in my rifle, I FINALLY got the die set low enough to allow the empties to chamber. I had to lube up some necks with case lube - which I thoroughly cleaned out. I tested all the empties to see if they chambered. Since all the empties chambered ok, I will assume that the loaded ones will have the same success. I'll find out on the next trip out to the range.
I am going to a Gun show in Crete tomorrow and I plan on picking up a few items.
<LI>Stuck case remover. (I have 2 .308 die sets, only 1 is usable)
<LI>Impact bullet puller(to resize the first 40 I made)
<LI>Stoney Point Chamber OAL gauge
<LI>Pure ground mica
Thanks for eveyones help. I couldn't have figured it out without you guys.
Jason
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