Ok, here is a weird one!!

DemonDS

September 24, 2003 18:57

I have been working on reloading my .257 Weatherby. A few years ago my barrel had give up the ghost and was burned out. I sent it in to Weatherby and they put a new barrel on it (free of charge I might add, the gun is about 16 years old at the time too!!!) Well I have discoverd that any of the brass that I had shot in the old barrel will not fit in the gun now even after being resized. New brass and brass that been shot in the new barrel after resizing will fit just perfect. What do you guys think the cause of this is? When it doesnt fit it appears to be in the belt area of the case that is not fitting. My guess is the old barrel had a looser fit in that area and allowed for more expansion. This barrel is tighter and the added bulk of the stretched bass simply wont fit as it has been pushed to the base by the die. Sound about right to you guys?

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  Tailgunner1954

  September 25, 2003 02:54

  You got it, the old chamber was bigger (dosn't take much, just .001-.002), and dies just don't reach all the way to the bottom/corner (there's a radius at the mouth/front of the die). If you have enough non-fitting brass to justify it, there is a special "belt sizing" die on the market.
  

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  Supreme One

  September 25, 2003 10:04

  Hello, you may want to check with a good gunsmith, maybe he can polish the chamber and then the old ones will work again. MAYBE.
  
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  Rhonda

  September 25, 2003 14:03

  Check the dimensions of the area around the belt. Most dies don't properly size that area down properly so a different chamber may not accept brass from another gun.

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  buckdeer

  September 25, 2003 16:34

  if you have a spare shellholder to play with you might try grinding 20 of the top of the shellholder this will allow the cases to be resized further down. i have never tried this with a belted case but it will work on no belted cases

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  snowtigger

  September 26, 2003 23:35

  buckdeer is right. I have a 1903/A3 in 308 Norma mag. Brass is becoming more scarce( read more expensive). However it can be formed from any number of cases.
  When forming from once-fired cases, I discovered that about half would chamber and fire normally. The others would bind so tight, they would not let the firing pin drop.
  After trying all kinds of black magic, and pulling out a lot of hair, I ground the top off the shell holder to allow the sizer die to go farther down the case.
  Since then I have only had a few that would not chamber and fire normally. Try it, it doesn,t cost anything, and that's the best kind of solution.....
  
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