Bad day at the range

[woodbutcher]

Yesterday I loaded up 30 rounds for my 6BRX and went to the range to shoot at 600 yards. I took my Yamaha Rhino so I could use it to hang targets and put up wind flags. The battery was dead so I had to carry a jump box to start it each time. I unloaded all my gear on to the bench and prepared to shoot on this beautiful day. I loaded a round into the chamber closed the bolt and pulled the trigger; nothing happened. Same procedure again with same results. Then it occurred to me that I failed to expand the necks to create a false shoulder for fireforming. Needless to say I was not happy. Don't you love these cartridges with all their idiosyncrasies.

 

[BradY]

If you had of sat the round under the extractor claw manually and fed it in, they would have fired. I did this with my 22BRX in fireforming the first 50 rounds as I made them before I had the rifle made. All cases formed fine.

 

[hairtriggr]

If you had of sat the round under the extractor claw manually and fed it in, they would have fired. I did this with my 22BRX in fireforming the first 50 rounds as I made them before I had the rifle made. All cases formed fine.

I thought I was the only one that did stuff like that. I mentioned the practice on another forum and was basically crucified. All the "internet experts" insisted that I most certainly narrowly avoided death.

 

[Mark Walker in TX]

If you had of sat the round under the extractor claw manually and fed it in, they would have fired. I did this with my 22BRX in fireforming the first 50 rounds as I made them before I had the rifle made. All cases formed fine.

Not necessarily. I had the same issue with forming 6BR-DX brass, and putting them under the extractor did nothing...