How to fireform 6.5x47 Lapua brass and ruin it!

[Lefty Trigger]

Ok this is my dumbass move for this year so I got it out of the way early. Got several of my rifles out to clean them and decided to take out my 6.5x47 rifle to play with it a little. Shot the 6.5x47 and it was grouping horribly. Gave up on it after about 16 rounds and decided to call it quits and save supplies. I checked everything at the range that I could and seen no issues? Checked more things at home and nothing? I deprimed and went to resized the 16 rounds I shot and noticed issues resizing them. Got looking close at the brass and they look really odd at the shoulder/body junction so I measured them and the ones I just resized and there is almost .014 difference! Then it hit me,... I got the bolts mixed up in the rifles. I may have trashed 16 pieces of Lapua 6.5x47 brass by pushing the shoulder forward about .014. They probably would resize but the shoulder/body seem looks odd so there out.
Lesson learned about keeping bolts in place with each rifle.

 

[Dub]

Dang

 

[JMayo]

I have bolt holsters clearly marked for the rifle. I also never have two out at the same time.

 

[ShootDots]

It is doubtful you will separate the head because of this one mistake. I would size them, and use them for "fouling rounds" as long as they don't get the bright head separation ring>>>>then stop using them.

 

[dstoenner]

I have a different colored bolt knob for my 3 700’s. My 6x47L is a red gun and the bolt knob is red. If They don’t match it is a no go.

David

 

[EOD Rob]

Ok this is my dumbass move for this year so I got it out of the way early. Got several of my rifles out to clean them and decided to take out my 6.5x47 rifle to play with it a little. Shot the 6.5x47 and it was grouping horribly. Gave up on it after about 16 rounds and decided to call it quits and save supplies. I checked everything at the range that I could and seen no issues? Checked more things at home and nothing? I deprimed and went to resized the 16 rounds I shot and noticed issues resizing them. Got looking close at the brass and they look really odd at the shoulder/body junction so I measured them and the ones I just resized and there is almost .014 difference! Then it hit me,... I got the bolts mixed up in the rifles. I may have trashed 16 pieces of Lapua 6.5x47 brass by pushing the shoulder forward about .014. They probably would resize but the shoulder/body seem looks odd so there out.
Lesson learned about keeping bolts in place with each rifle.

Lefty,
Was the different bolt out of another 6.5x47 or different caliber all together?

 

[madmixerman]

I just leave the bolts in the rifles in the safe. Can't mix em up that way.

 

[Lefty Trigger]

Lefty,
Was the different bolt out of another 6.5x47 or different caliber all together?

Same type, Savage but it was from my 7mmBR. Normally I never have two rifles apart at the same time but I just shot the 7BR and was going to shoot the 6.5x47. Cleaning the 7BR wiping storage oil out of the 6.5. I do like the idea of different colored bolt knobs, maybe different color shrink tubing around the bolt handle...