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Dogjaw · March 20, 2005, 06:53 AM

If I were to guess without knowing more:

all your rifles are bolt action
the brass for each caliber rifle has only been fired in that rifle

The brass will expand out to match the rifle's chamber. Using a neck resizer eliminates a lot of stretch, but can only be used in a bolt rifle because the brass will generally be too tight for autos etc. The brass in this situation is already sized to match your chamber. If your using full length resizing dies, your rifles chambers may be simply on the smaller side. Be glad you don't have to put as much work into it. Do your loaded shells fall into the chamber, or slide in like a nice tight fit?

March 20, 2005, 06:53 AM	#3
Dogjaw Senior Member Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: S.W. Michigan Posts: 560	If I were to guess without knowing more: all your rifles are bolt action the brass for each caliber rifle has only been fired in that rifle The brass will expand out to match the rifle's chamber. Using a neck resizer eliminates a lot of stretch, but can only be used in a bolt rifle because the brass will generally be too tight for autos etc. The brass in this situation is already sized to match your chamber. If your using full length resizing dies, your rifles chambers may be simply on the smaller side. Be glad you don't have to put as much work into it. Do your loaded shells fall into the chamber, or slide in like a nice tight fit? __________________ There are three kinds of men: 1) The ones that learn by reading. 2) The few who learn by observation. 3) The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves..........