30-06 problem

[25AI260]

suggestion... take a few of your short cases, "by your measurement", an change the seating depth of your bullet so as it is into the lands of your rifling.. this will put some pressure agaist your bolt face... if they don't fire then... in theory.. you may have softend the necks to much in annealing, an the heads are pushing back into the case, or your firing pin has worn just enough to show up on the short cases.. or there is dirt you did not get out from in the bolt doesn't take much..take it apart., or you got some bad primers
2cents worth

 

[hogan]

If your recently fired factory cases will chamber w/o any problem, bolt closes fine without serious resistance on them, then you don't need to size the case; all you need do is size for neck tension.

Load those 6 cases and fire them. No problems? Then just toss the brass that was problematic, after pulling your components and be done with these concerns.

In fact, might just toss all your cases that you annealed and start fresh. Not like you needed to anneal them anyway. Get a batch of virgin .30-06 and put this behind you. `06 brass is plentiful and relatively cheap.

Half the "stuff" guys here post about for their handloading regimen is superfluous and questionable. Don't need to clean your brass in ultrasonic gimmick or a tumbler, don't need to ream primer pockets or even clean them, don't need to trim cases every other firing, sure don't need to anneal cases until they are so brittle the necks are splitting.

Sure don't need to FL size any brass fired in a recreational-use boltgun until the case is so long it is hard to close the bolt. Having a case measurement tool and keeping a note or two will help you track and anticipate what you can expect. If you only have one rifle in .30-06 or segregate your cases by rifle, set your FL sizer by your chamber with just enough setback to allow the bolt to close with a minimum of resistance. Sizing minimums will yield your best precision and accuracy, and keep your firing pin from having to seat the round against the shoulder before igniting the primer...