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Hard click at top of bolt lift

Why then is their a problem? Larry

As I tried to plainly state, my 'click' problem stemmed directly from not using a FL die, but rather a generic bushing neck die to re-size brass for that rifle.
The phenomenon was explained in several 'liked' posts above. I merely adding a specific instance in agreement, having experienced it, firsthand...

Point being, if your sizer die is not keeping case body dimensions 'in check', subsequent firings of that brass might develop a 'clicky' bolt lift situation during extraction.
 
Two things you need to remember, (1) hard bolt lift and or click at the top is coming from the base. (2) hard to chamber or tight closing the bolt needs more shoulder set back………

OR, the shoulder/case body juncture has been upset by seating and crimping; the shoulder juncture upsets when the crimp is placed on the case while the bullet is being seated. I have made bellows/accordion looking cases because I moved the shoulder back on a case without case body support. That was the only time I was able to move a shoulder on a case. I shortened the distance from the shoulder of the case to the case head, for most that is not useful, the case had what could be described as a big not in the case between the shoulder and case head; meaning it would not chamber. But; I did manage to move the shoulder back.

F. Guffey
 
I am sure you do and I am convinsed you can but I do not know what your measuring. I am the only one that has tension gages; problem, my tension gages do not measure tension, all of my tension gages measure in pounds and then there are my deflection gages, they measure in thousandths and are caliberated in pounds.

F. Guffey

And I thought Bletchley Park was closed after WWII.
 

Through this world I have rambled and I have meat a lot of silly men, most of the stand out silly men were those that never learend to keep theri hand to them selfs. One day I was ask if I had a list, seems an Army Capatain left a building in Washington DC waving and frailing his arms shouting and cusing and using someons name in vain, I do not want to leave out the part about running and jumping up and down. somehow someone got the ideal I was involved. No one ever wonders how that silly man got to be a Captain.

Anyhow, the Marine Honor Guard informed the investigators I was not there.

F. Guffey
 
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I guess in 60 years of reloading i never crimped a rifle round including an AR. Not to many shoulders on a 45 or a 44 or even a 38………. but they get a crimp when needed in a wheel gun………. jim
 
I guess in 60 years of reloading i never crimped a rifle round including an AR. Not to many shoulders on a 45 or a 44 or even a 38………. but they get a crimp when needed in a wheel gun………. jim
You better crimp all bullets when loading for double guns guns. Larry
 
I guess in 60 years of reloading i never crimped a rifle round including an AR. Not to many shoulders on a 45 or a 44 or even a 38………. but they get a crimp when needed in a wheel gun………. jim
Jim -
I tested crimping a couple times years back and again when I did all that pressure trace testing. Which for the most part, unless the brass was fresh/new, couldn't get consistent exit times. Annealing helped, but still lacked to what I could produce from prepped necks.
Donovan
 

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