This may not be the appropriate place for this post but if anyone will know the answer to this question I'm sure it will be someone that reloads. I recently purchased a used Remington 700 300 Win Mag and took it to the range today to start my collection of reloading brass. The choice of ammo at the range was $20 Privi Paritzan 150gr. SP or $50 Federal Premium 180gr. I bought a box of the Privi expecting to shoot the box and then try reloading the brass. The first round fired stuck in the chamber and I had to use a lot of force to open the bolt. I figured this round must have been loaded "hot" so I fired another round and the bolt opened just fine. Same with the 3rd round. The 4th and 5th were just like the first. I had a very hard time opening the bolt and the brass had scrapes on two sides near the head of the case (just above the belt). I couldn't believe the barrel on this gun had been shot out as the gun looks almost new so I went in and purchased a box of the Federal. I shot 10 rounds and not one of them stuck in the chamber and all were within a 2" group at 100 yds (so were the Privi). I've tried to take photos of the scrape marks on the brass but they aren't showing up that well in the photos. I'll try again tomorrow using natural sunlight. Here are the case measurements:
C.O.A.L. Privi Partizan 3.325 Federal 3.330
Case Length Privi before firing 2.610 - after firing 2.617
Case Length Federal before firing 2.608 - after firing 2.618
Diameter of Privi case just above band before firing .508 - after firing .514
Diameter of Federal case just above band before firing .508 - after firing .514
What I plan to do now is pull the bullets from the rest of the Privi bullets and run the brass through a FL Redding die and reload them with some larger bullets to see if this fixes the problem. Any other suggestions?
Thanks for your help!
C.O.A.L. Privi Partizan 3.325 Federal 3.330
Case Length Privi before firing 2.610 - after firing 2.617
Case Length Federal before firing 2.608 - after firing 2.618
Diameter of Privi case just above band before firing .508 - after firing .514
Diameter of Federal case just above band before firing .508 - after firing .514
What I plan to do now is pull the bullets from the rest of the Privi bullets and run the brass through a FL Redding die and reload them with some larger bullets to see if this fixes the problem. Any other suggestions?
Thanks for your help!