Thread: Case prep issues

Originally Posted by johnd

You say the cases are once or twice fired but not that they were fired in your rifle ? If they came from another rifle they may be out of spec for your chamber and need F/L sizing or at least a good shoulder set back. A body die ( or a trim die is cheaper ) is a good addition to the bench.

The trim die will let you do two operations at the same time ( size the case then run a file over it to trim back to length )

Upon further inspection of the cases, 99% of the ones giving me a problem are from the batch of reloads that came with the secondhand rifle. A sako A11 in 243
Obviously, I have no way of knowing how many firings these have had. My bad 100%

Originally Posted by Pengy

Upon further inspection of the cases, 99% of the ones giving me a problem are from the batch of reloads that came with the secondhand rifle. A sako A11 in 243
Obviously, I have no way of knowing how many firings these have had. My bad 100%

Sometimes even after FL sizing cases fired a few times one rifle may not fit in another.

There is a myriad of cans of worms when using SH reloaded cases from another rifle or chamber.