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"However, if the press is ok, then possibly your rifle chamber is too tight to allow use of the Wilson gauge"
If you were listening and not a dunce I said the Wilson case gage can be used to measure case length from the shoulder to the head of the case in thousands, and I said the Wilson case gage is big enough to allow a fired case to chamber, There is no such thing as a chamber that is too small, there are reloaders that own Wilson gages that do not know how to use them.
"if the press is ok"
If you can not determine how to determine the ability of a press to resist flexing how are you going to determine if the press is 'OK' If the deck height of a shell holder is .125, what difference does it make which shell holder is used? It makes a difference to me when I form cases for short chambers, because the Lee is the most loose shell holder when used to form cases I gain another .003 thousands when going beyond -.012 shorter than a minimum length case. It has been suggested reloaders should not mix brands when sizing, something like color coordinated? I could have a Herters press, C&H adapter, Lyman shell holder and a RCBS DIE, I would know the deck height of the shell holder and the ability of the die to size AND all of my dies are adjustable down to .000 as in minimum length and .012 thousands shorter 'for short chambers'.
One more time, the brass could be whipping the press. with the cases that chamber the press could be winning but when the press is adjusted to full length size the shell holder contacts the bottom of the die, the shell holder can not be crushed, the die can not get crushed, when sizing the die can be turned down an additional three turns and destroyed the press a, the three additional turns could destroy the press but will do absolute nothing for reducing the length of the case.
My favorite tool is the companion tool to the press, the feeler gage, cost? From $6.00 to $11.00, If I have a problem with sizing a case the first thing I reach for is the feeler gage, when I want to determine head space of a chamber, I reach for the feeler gage, when I want a transfer or a standard, same thing.
F. Guffey
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