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Dave P · June 17, 2001, 01:16 PM

Rifle: Rem 700, 308. Problem: often my reloads are difficult to chamber, and/or difficult to extract. These are Lapua brass, fire formed, neck sized only, used multiple times. Trimmed to 2". Nominal powder loads.

This also happens on other reloads, but factory rounds work fine. I end up with brass shavings on the face of the bolt, sometimes a lot! I think I had similar problems on a previous model 700.

I would suspect minimal headspace on the rifle, but why would this happen with fireformed loads? The brass should fit perfectly!

If I complain to Remington, I would imagine that they would say to stop using reloads!

Any bright ideas?

Thanks
Dave

June 17, 2001, 01:16 PM	#1
Dave P Senior Member Join Date: August 16, 1999 Location: North Florida Posts: 1,346	Too Tight handloads Rifle: Rem 700, 308. Problem: often my reloads are difficult to chamber, and/or difficult to extract. These are Lapua brass, fire formed, neck sized only, used multiple times. Trimmed to 2". Nominal powder loads. This also happens on other reloads, but factory rounds work fine. I end up with brass shavings on the face of the bolt, sometimes a lot! I think I had similar problems on a previous model 700. I would suspect minimal headspace on the rifle, but why would this happen with fireformed loads? The brass should fit perfectly! If I complain to Remington, I would imagine that they would say to stop using reloads! Any bright ideas? Thanks Dave