Hams42
Active member
I am having issues with some 6.5 PRC loads. I'll start with the fact that factory loads have no issues cycling and it's a very smooth action. My reloads however are not so smooth. Out of 35 rounds I made about 2/5 are not able to chamber. I have practically no movement when I go to push the bolt down. The other 2/5 I am able to close and shoot but have varying amounts of stiffness. If it is really stiff I do not shoot it but some of them just have a bit of resistance. The other 1/5 has zero problems cycling.
At first I was wondering if I had issues with my seating depth. This is because on a few of the rounds I can see marks on the bullet. I'm wondering if its making contact with the lands but my OAL is right at SAAMI specs and is the exact same as the factory loads that I'm shooting with no problem. So I don't believe my seating depth is the problem.
Next after some forum surfing I found that maybe my resizing is the problem. This is ADG brass that I am shooting. I have sized it once, fresh out of the box before the first load. Out of the first 50 rounds I only had one round that wouldn't chamber. I just shrugged this off as a misnomer and set it off to the side. I then went through the steps of tumbling, full case resizing/priming, loading with powder and seating the bullets. Back to the forums... someone mentioned to try to cycle a piece of unloaded brass that has been resized. I have the other 25 that I hadn't loaded yet but I had sized and primed them. I go to cycle them and sure enough some cycle just fine, some are stiff, and some the bolt won't even budge.
I am still relatively green on reloading I've only been doing it for a couple years and I am brand new to the 6.5 PRC. I would love some input from some more veteran reloaders/shooters on what I may be doing wrong.
TIA
At first I was wondering if I had issues with my seating depth. This is because on a few of the rounds I can see marks on the bullet. I'm wondering if its making contact with the lands but my OAL is right at SAAMI specs and is the exact same as the factory loads that I'm shooting with no problem. So I don't believe my seating depth is the problem.
Next after some forum surfing I found that maybe my resizing is the problem. This is ADG brass that I am shooting. I have sized it once, fresh out of the box before the first load. Out of the first 50 rounds I only had one round that wouldn't chamber. I just shrugged this off as a misnomer and set it off to the side. I then went through the steps of tumbling, full case resizing/priming, loading with powder and seating the bullets. Back to the forums... someone mentioned to try to cycle a piece of unloaded brass that has been resized. I have the other 25 that I hadn't loaded yet but I had sized and primed them. I go to cycle them and sure enough some cycle just fine, some are stiff, and some the bolt won't even budge.
I am still relatively green on reloading I've only been doing it for a couple years and I am brand new to the 6.5 PRC. I would love some input from some more veteran reloaders/shooters on what I may be doing wrong.
TIA