6.5 Grendel reloads pass chamber checker, but....

[Ciwsguy]

Tolerance stacking and manufacturers choice is a beach. Using gauges gets you close but nothing beats measuring to your rifle. Tools such as the Stoney point/Hornady allow you to taylor your ammunition to fit your rifle best. Metallic ammunition is but a part of the machine which makes up the rifle. The combination must be perfect or results are often mediocre.

Even respected names in manufacturing space will produce rifles that will not work will without “custom” ammunition. Tayloring your loads/reloads to your rifle will be the closest you can get to the perfect match.

Other posts in this thread are good as well, I just try and break it out a bit. YMMV

So here’s what I did with the cartridges that wouldn’t easily chamber in the CZ. COAL are below max length. Pulled the bullets and dumped the powder. Tried to chamber the empty cases in the CZ. Same problem - bolt wouldn’t want to close fully. Cartridge cases were less than spec 6.5 gr length.this has got to be a tight chamber issue even when trimmed case length is .004 less than max length. Maybe the shoulders need to be bumped back a bit.