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    S&B brass? ive had this but only with S&B......... but more likely to be one of the suggestions above

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    Quote Originally Posted by scotty View Post
    S&B brass? ive had this but only with S&B......... but more likely to be one of the suggestions above
    I had this issue I am sure it was that brass the primer pocked was an odd shape and the primer did not seat properly making many of the rounds fractionally too long to close the bolt.

    I used a primer pocket reamer worked fine after I did that.

    No the primers were not crimped.

 

 

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