01-13-2024, 03:03 PM
What round(s) are you trying? what bullets.
Could be stiff extractor.
Or could be relatively short chamber...
You can Try: bolt removed, use a sharpie to color the ogive/shank area of the bullet, drop a factory round into the chamber (gravity), does it seat in all the way? I s'pose you could gently tap the back end with a dowel rod... And does it fall out easily? This would be the key.
For that round, are there any rifling marks in the sharpie color. Like a 123 sst factory round...
If you have the OAL comparator tool (hornady) with a grendel modified case, which I recommend that everyone have, measure a couple well known bullets for max OAL in the chamber. My howa's have always had a lot of OAL room in them, but see what yours has.
New brass almost always is shorter in datum length to shoulder than any saami chamber, so they will shoot in any rifle. But you should always re-size new brass anyway... if nothing else it will ensure the case mouth is round and not dinged...
Could be stiff extractor.
Or could be relatively short chamber...
You can Try: bolt removed, use a sharpie to color the ogive/shank area of the bullet, drop a factory round into the chamber (gravity), does it seat in all the way? I s'pose you could gently tap the back end with a dowel rod... And does it fall out easily? This would be the key.
For that round, are there any rifling marks in the sharpie color. Like a 123 sst factory round...
If you have the OAL comparator tool (hornady) with a grendel modified case, which I recommend that everyone have, measure a couple well known bullets for max OAL in the chamber. My howa's have always had a lot of OAL room in them, but see what yours has.
New brass almost always is shorter in datum length to shoulder than any saami chamber, so they will shoot in any rifle. But you should always re-size new brass anyway... if nothing else it will ensure the case mouth is round and not dinged...
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