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odsixer · November 18, 2007, 12:14 AM

with my 30-06, almost made me pull my hair out! The case was jamming with some of my reloads at the base and getting stuck in the chamber. Required a sharp rap on the bolt handle just to get the shell back out of the gun.The bolt handle wouldn't come close to closing.
I was using rcbs dies full length re-sizing with the die 1/4 turn past touching to cam over. I tried it deeper, shallower but nothing worked.

Finally I went out and bought some different dies(Hornaday) and the problem was fixed.

I still don't know exactly what happend but I think the dies were no good, only some of the reloads did this. the resized shell was slightly bulged near the base, it wasn't a headspace problem.

This was so frustrating I almost quit reloading. Try different dies and let us know how it goes.

November 18, 2007, 12:14 AM	#12
odsixer Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2007 Location: great white north Posts: 316	I had the same issue! with my 30-06, almost made me pull my hair out! The case was jamming with some of my reloads at the base and getting stuck in the chamber. Required a sharp rap on the bolt handle just to get the shell back out of the gun.The bolt handle wouldn't come close to closing. I was using rcbs dies full length re-sizing with the die 1/4 turn past touching to cam over. I tried it deeper, shallower but nothing worked. Finally I went out and bought some different dies(Hornaday) and the problem was fixed. I still don't know exactly what happend but I think the dies were no good, only some of the reloads did this. the resized shell was slightly bulged near the base, it wasn't a headspace problem. This was so frustrating I almost quit reloading. Try different dies and let us know how it goes.