I recently sold a AR15 and have all the ammo I had loaded for it (about 600-700 rounds) the ammo won't fit (bolt won't fully close) in my other AR, can I resize it without pulling them all apart?
Any help would be appreciated
Cheers
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I recently sold a AR15 and have all the ammo I had loaded for it (about 600-700 rounds) the ammo won't fit (bolt won't fully close) in my other AR, can I resize it without pulling them all apart?
Any help would be appreciated
Cheers
Depending on your die set it is easy peasy.
Remove decapping assembly, lube and go for it.
Failing that get a body die.
I need a small base die for my AR but have sized loaded ammo with it.
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+1 for the Redding body die.
I used to have a spare .223 one, but sold it, however you can get them from Brownells/Sinclairs.
Standard
http://www.sinclairintl.com/reloadin..._223+Remington
Small base
http://www.sinclairintl.com/reloadin..._223+Remington
So what will be stopping it chambering? The size of the base or the length to the shoulder?
Or your projectile is too long and bolt wont close, colour the projectile with a permanent marker and try chambering it, gently.
ditto round the back end of the cartridge. kill 2 birds with one stone
Carefully remove the round and look for marks on where you have coloured
Although it's an AR, so not likely that rounds that fit the Mag will be getting jammed into the rifling.
they do on a kreiger barreled one I had depending on the ogive of the bullet used (had minimum spec match chamber)Quote:
Originally Posted by dogmatix
Yeah, pretty sure it's not the projectiles, I will try pen around the base when I get home.
Hornady 55gn SPs if loaded to fit the mag are into the rifling on my Lothar Walther barreled Schmeisser .223 AR, which has a very tight chamber.
So us fancy pants barreled boys are special. :D
My 5.56 Colt barreled Frankenstein has a throat so long there is no chance of getting anywhere near the rifling.
You could call it Lynda:sick:Quote:
Originally Posted by dogmatix
We are showing our age getting that one. :)
My 5.56 chamber will feed longer rounds than my .223 Wylde. Probably pay to check with a hornady gauge.Mags internal lengths are all different as well. My stag arms alloy is quite a bit longer internal dimensions than say a P mag. Is bolt being released into battery as designed or closed gently?
As Mikee pointed out it might just need the bullet seated in a fraction, be worth a try
Well it's got me buggered, definitely not a projectile seating issue, I have now run some of the loaded rounds through a small base sizer without the decapping stem and the bolt still won't go into battery, I have used vivid to try and see where they are tight with no obvious results, factory hornady ammo fits fine. I have measured case length and outside neck size.... They should bloody fit!
I've put them all at the back of the cupboard out of sight!
Cheers everybody for suggestions.
Take the upper off and drop a round into the chamber. It should fall in without any resistance. If it doesn't resize some new brass and try again. This eliminates problems caused by the bolt not going into battery properly.
Have you cleaned the chamber and bolt lugs recently?
Tried that.
It's a brand new Daniel Defence barrel. Bolt is spikes tactical and both are clean.
It would seem a simple problem but it's not!
How close is the small base die to shell holder? I had to skim my die in a lathe as midge to get the die down enough to do its job
Gonna ask the obvious, will it chamber factory loads??
Yep, as above, chambers factory ammo.
I couldn't find any marks on the case when I used the permanent marker, I might have to try another marker.
If it looks like it is tight at the base I will machine a bit off the bottom of the die.
I'm off overseas for a week today but will have another lash at it when I get home.
Cheers guys.