Factory brass will not chamber after firing

[gambleone]

Is it hornady brass? It is soft. Sounds like 1 firing fully fireformed the brass. You can use a marker or Prussian blue on your case to see what is contacting but my bet is the shoulder.

This. Couple variables are determining whether you need to bump shoulder. Type of brass, powder charge and caliber are some. Seen rifles that have to be bumped after 1st firing and some will be ok till 3-5 firings. Think Richard Coody is on the money here with his suggestions.

 

[243winxb]

Grocmax, Fired brass will not go back into the chamber, is the problem.

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If the bolt head spring is not easly compressed by hand, could it be a problem, when chambering fired brass? A wild guess.

 

[GrocMax]

243winxb-

Just trying to explain the function of the baffle and spring. The baffle is just that- in firing position the baffle is rotated 90 deg from the lugs, thus blocking, or baffling, an excursion of high pressure hot gas into the receiver lug raceway and blowing directly in the shooters face if there is a cartridge case failure. It gets diverted out the sides of the receiver thru the gas vent hole(s) on the side.

 

[jlmurphy]

Your chamber is out of round. I cut a chamber once that had a very slight chatter from the reamer, making a multisided chamber that was impossible to see, even with a borescope. The once fired would rechamber, but you had to match the high and low spots. Your resizing shrinks it enough to chamber. I was able to lap the chamber to round, if it is a new rifle, return it.

 

[theallcineyes]

I had the same problem with my 22-250 and someone told me to make sure your die is touching the shell holder like it is supposed to and it worked for me..

 

[divingin]

I had the same problem with my 22-250 and someone told me to make sure your die is touching the shell holder like it is supposed to and it worked for me..

Glad it worked for you, but (IMO) blindly doing that can lead to other problems. Namely, too much shoulder bump, which will eventually result in case head separation.

I'd suggest learning to measure case base to datum, and adjusting so as to bump only as needed.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Update on my issue with once fired brass Not chambering in the rifle it was fired in. I smoked and magic marker several of the once fired brass, I started them into the chamber without enough pressure to stick them, bolt extracted them and each had 3 small marks and 1 larger scratch starting at the case mouth. I did not chamber the brass far enough to require a cleaning rod to help extraction, so no shoulder or body marks. I will see if my gunsmith has a bore scope, or should I have him use my Mansion 22-250 reamer from current project to hand clean up the chamber neck? I think the case neck marks on the smoked brass indicate a rough area or burr.

 

[Shawnba67]

Update on my issue with once fired brass Not chambering in the rifle it was fired in. I smoked and magic marker several of the once fired brass, I started them into the chamber without enough pressure to stick them, bolt extracted them and each had 3 small marks and 1 larger scratch starting at the case mouth. I did not chamber the brass far enough to require a cleaning rod to help extraction, so no shoulder or body marks. I will see if my gunsmith has a bore scope, or should I have him use my Mansion 22-250 reamer from current project to hand clean up the chamber neck? I think the case neck marks on the smoked brass indicate a rough area or burr.

If your in a hurry to see harbor frieght has little jewelers loupes for like 5 surprisingly clear view at least for the first use

 

[mike mccormick]

Hate to say it, but have seen a few brand new Savages do the same thing. A quick look at the barrel, chamber to be specific, explained the problem. Chambers were cut with zero free bore. Primers flattened completely with factory ammo. Very hard bolt opening. Sent back to savage for full refund.

 

[Someoldguy]

If I understand the OP correctly, the scratches are occurring in the neck with unloaded once fired brass.

Do you observe any marks on fired factory ammunition upon initial extraction? You might have a tight or oblong neck. Something to have your gunsmith check if there is no burr present.