bikemutt
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I recently hand loaded 60 rounds of 6.5 Grendel with 120 gr Hornady Amax bullets. Four of those rounds would not let me close the bolt with a normal amount of force. Once extracted, all four bullets showed clear marks from contacting the lands. I am a bit surprised since these rounds COL measure right at 2.260, in theory, they should be 0.003 off the lands, but they are not.
Leaving my flirting with a COL that's on the ragged edge aside, I've had guys tell me to close the bolt more forcefully to account for the rounds that fight back. My concern is I could make a bad situation worse by jamming the action real bad, or worse.
My inclination is to figure out what I did to make these four not seat normally rather than beating them into submission.
Any THR hand loaders come across recalcitrant rounds, and how do you deal with them?
Leaving my flirting with a COL that's on the ragged edge aside, I've had guys tell me to close the bolt more forcefully to account for the rounds that fight back. My concern is I could make a bad situation worse by jamming the action real bad, or worse.
My inclination is to figure out what I did to make these four not seat normally rather than beating them into submission.
Any THR hand loaders come across recalcitrant rounds, and how do you deal with them?