MRAD 338 reload problems
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How much are you bumping back the shoulder right now? This is just something your going to have to work around. Each rifle has its process/recipe some are simple and others are complicated. Bust out the sharpe, paint a case and chamber it. I wouldn't buy anything just yet till you figure out where its sticking.
From the best I can tell it is sticking near the base of the case. The reloaded case is a couple of thousands larger at the base than the new brass and my RCBS dies will not compress it back to original size. FYI..I have fired that brass in the RPR and that may have expanded it to a larger diameter, but I thought that the full case resizer would have narrowed that back down?
Sometimes cases fired in a larger chamber won’t size down far enough to fit in a smaller chamber.
Get new brass.
Where you able to fully chamber the loaded round? Where you able to chamber a empty case? Might not be a bad idea to take a look at the chamber. Sharpe is your friend.
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To be honest I think maybe the neck is the problem. And its not a problem, just needs a work around.
Sorry if I missed this above ... you're full-length sizing ... right? I can tell you with my Reading Type-S FL sizing die ... my 338-LM cases are sized just fine and extract perfectly every time from my Barrett MRAD.
Problem solved, thanks for everyone's help.
Dumb mistake on my part. I was only neck resizing the cases with my die which worked well while I was only shooting them from the Ruger. The chamber in the Ruger was larger that the Barrett and the reloaded cases had stretched to large for the Barrett.
Dumb mistake on my part. I was only neck resizing the cases with my die which worked well while I was only shooting them from the Ruger. The chamber in the Ruger was larger that the Barrett and the reloaded cases had stretched to large for the Barrett.
I am with Rusty. Whats your findings and fix. Please elaborate for clarity and those that follow the thread in the future.
Good show ... BTW ... that's the only sizing I do. You'll get lots of debates on the other side, but I've proven to myself that a properly bumped shoulder, case trimmed correctly, and full-length sized ... will always chamber and always extract. Happy shooting !!!
