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Clickers - Fixed!

In my other thread, you all helped me figure out that my Bisley chambered .308 was having clickers because my fired brass was measuring .4700" at the .200" line, but sized brass was .4695". That .0005" wasn't enough.

There were a few suggestions, like sending it back so it can be fixed correctly in a lathe, which I wanted to avoid because of shipping costs. There were other suggestions, like a dowel and sandpaper - spinning in a drill. Elsewhere, someone mentioned a flex hone.

I tried the dowel, but didn't really like doing it that way, it felt too imprecise. It was probably my technique. I then bought a 12mm (.472") Silicon Carbide 320 grit flex hone from Amazon:


After 20'ish seconds of spinning and moving it back and forth, I seem to have taken off about .0005" and the problem has been solved. My fired brass is now .4705".

Thanks for all of the pointers. This $20 fix was cheaper than shipping, and more importantly, I can fix it the next time too.
 
I take an old die and cut about .100" off the bottom, then drill out the shoulder to allow the brass to go further in the die. I keep this in my loading box if I have trouble. It allows you to size further down on your brass.

I wish I had the tools to do this.
 
In my other thread, you all helped me figure out that my Bisley chambered .308 was having clickers because my fired brass was measuring .4700" at the .200" line, but sized brass was .4695". That .0005" wasn't enough.

There were a few suggestions, like sending it back so it can be fixed correctly in a lathe, which I wanted to avoid because of shipping costs. There were other suggestions, like a dowel and sandpaper - spinning in a drill. Elsewhere, someone mentioned a flex hone.

I tried the dowel, but didn't really like doing it that way, it felt too imprecise. It was probably my technique. I then bought a 12mm (.472") Silicon Carbide 320 grit flex hone from Amazon:


After 20'ish seconds of spinning and moving it back and forth, I seem to have taken off about .0005" and the problem has been solved. My fired brass is now .4705".

Thanks for all of the pointers. This $20 fix was cheaper than shipping, and more importantly, I can fix it the next time too.
@rijndael Did you run the hone all the way into the chamber or just the base area? did you run the honing tool fast or slow? I'm having the same issue.
 
@rijndael Did you run the hone all the way into the chamber or just the base area? did you run the honing tool fast or slow? I'm having the same issue.
My 20 VT reamer is tight in the last 1/3 of the chamber with LC brass.

I use a 10mm flex hone with lots of cutting lube at 600 rpm in the lathe to remedy it.

I concentrate on the back 1/3 but also running it to just short of the shoulder to make sure there's a smooth transition.

It leaves a nice finish.
 
@rijndael Did you run the hone all the way into the chamber or just the base area? did you run the honing tool fast or slow? I'm having the same issue.

@Dolomite - Thx for the PM. I don't hang around here anymore, so it got my attention. I'll reply here in case it helps others.

I ran the length of the chamber body, but I favored time at the base by 2x or 3x. I didn't want to run it just in the base because I didn't want to get a lip, even if we're not really removing a lot of material.

I used a Milwaukee M18 drill, the top speed selector was on the slower setting. Definitely not super fast, but not super slow either. It took 20-30s to get a fix, so it's not removing material fast. And, it might take 2 attempts to remove enough to help your issue.
 
In my other thread, you all helped me figure out that my Bisley chambered .308 was having clickers because my fired brass was measuring .4700" at the .200" line, but sized brass was .4695". That .0005" wasn't enough.

There were a few suggestions, like sending it back so it can be fixed correctly in a lathe, which I wanted to avoid because of shipping costs. There were other suggestions, like a dowel and sandpaper - spinning in a drill. Elsewhere, someone mentioned a flex hone.

I tried the dowel, but didn't really like doing it that way, it felt too imprecise. It was probably my technique. I then bought a 12mm (.472") Silicon Carbide 320 grit flex hone from Amazon:


After 20'ish seconds of spinning and moving it back and forth, I seem to have taken off about .0005" and the problem has been solved. My fired brass is now .4705".

Thanks for all of the pointers. This $20 fix was cheaper than shipping, and more importantly, I can fix it the next time too.
I have found it is good to have Min. of .002" clearance at the .200 line between chamber and case
Had a similar problem once with a tight chamber having only .001" clearance
Even light loads produced clickers
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I like your method of solving the problem using the small hone
I chucked mine in the lathe to remedy the issue which required dialing in etc
haha, your method of the flex hone is much quicker and easier
 

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